Voices of the Reformation: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life
byJohn A. Wagner Ph.D.editor
John A. Wagner Ph.D.author
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This fascinating collection of primary source documents furnishes the accounts—in their own words—of those who initiated, advanced, or lived through the Reformation.
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Voices of the Reformation: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life
Author(s): Wagner, John;Contributors: Wagner, John;Abstract:This fascinating collection of primary source documents furnishes the accounts—in their own words—of those who initiated, advanced, or lived through the Reformation.
Editor(s): Wagner, John;SortTitle: voices of the reformation: contemporary accounts of daily lifeAuthor Info:John A. Wagner Ph.D.editorJohn A. Wagner Ph.D.authoreISBN-13: 9781610696807Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781610696807.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781610696791Imprint: GreenwoodPages: 344Publication Date: 20150505- Cover Cover11
- Half Title i2
- Title iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Dedication v6
- CONTENTS vii8
- Preface xi12
- Acknowledgments xv16
- Evaluating and Interpreting Primary Documents xvii18
- Chronology of the Protestant Reformation xix20
- DOCUMENTS OF THE REFORMATION 136
- Late Medieval Religion 136
- 1. “Men Loaded with Gold and Clad in Purple”: Criticisms of the Avignon Papacy (Mid-14th Century) 338
- 2. “Such Evidence Should Satisfy No One”: English Cleric John Wycliffe on the Eucharist and the Power of the Pope (1377, 1384) 944
- 3. “God Will Help Thy Good Intent”: The Imitation of Christ, the Devotio Moderna, and the Call for Reform (ca. 1420) 1550
- 4. “Wherefore Are Some Chosen and Others Cast Out?”: The Reformation Foreshadowed in the Life and Preaching of Fra Girolamo Savonarola (1493, 1497) 2156
- 5. “May I Be Lost If in All of Luther’s Works There Is a Single Syllable of Mine”: Erasmus and His Circle React to Martin Luther and the Start of the German Reformation (1518, 1521) 2762
- Reformation in Germany 3368
- 6. “He Has Collected Many Heresies”: The Edict of Worms (1521) 3570
- 7. “On Holy Easter There Was Neither Singing Nor Preaching”: An Account of the Peasants’ War (1525) 4176
- 8. “It Is Consistent with Scripture That We Should Be Free”: The Twelve Articles of the Peasants (1525) 4782
- 9. “One Simple Truth and Christian Concord”: The Augsburg Confession (1530) 5388
- 10. “Shall Let Them Quietly and Peacefully Enjoy Their Religion”: The Peace of Augsburg (1555) 5994
- Martin Luther and Lutheranism 65100
- 11. “They Now Fish for the Riches of Men”: Martin Luther’s 95 Theses (1517) 67102
- 12. “So That We May Blow Down These Walls of Straw and Paper”: Luther’s Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation (1520) 75110
- 13. “From the Word I Would Not Depart”: Martin Luther’s Account of His Hearing before the Diet of Worms (1521) 81116
- 14. “This Damnable and Offensive Worm”: Martin Luther and the King of England (1522, 1525) 87122
- 15. “Indulging in Nothing but Robbery, Murder, and Bloodshed”: Martin Luther Reacts to the Peasants’ War (1525) 93128
- Ulrich Zwingli, Anabaptism, and the Reformation in Switzerland 99134
- 16. “The Decree about Cheese and Butter Is a Roman Swindle”: The 67 Articles Defended by Ulrich Zwingli (1523) 101136
- 17. “Baptism of Infants, the Supreme Abomination of the Roman Pontiff”: The Schleitheim Confession (1527) 109144
- 18. “The Hangman Shall Dispute with You”: An Account of the Trial and Execution of Michael Sattler (1527) 115150
- 19. “What Shame, Pray, Will Be Left Us?”: Ulrich Zwingli’s “Refutation of the Tricks of the Baptists” (1527) 121156
- 20. “He Compelled Me to Seize a Pen”: Ulrich Zwingli’s Letter to Joachim Vadian Concerning the Marburg Colloquy (1529) 127162
- John Calvin and Calvinism 133168
- 21. “A Question, in the Opinion of Many, Full of Perplexity”: John Calvin on the Doctrine of Predestination (1536) 135170
- 22. “Taverns Shall Be Closed during the Sermon”: Ordinances for the Regulation of the Churches Dependent Upon the Seigniory of Geneva (1547) 141176
- 23. “His Said Book Could Not Be Tolerated Even among Papists”: The Charges Brought against Michael Servetus (1553) 147182
- 24. “He Is a Monster Not to Be Borne”: John Calvin’s Letters Describing the Arrest and Condemnation of Michael Servetus (1553) 153188
- 25. “Being of a Disposition Somewhat Unpolished and Bashful”: John Calvin Describes His Conversion Experience (1557) 159194
- Reformation in England and Scotland 165200
- 26. “The Field Is Won”: Sir Thomas More and the Defense of Papal Supremacy (1534–1535) 167202
- 27. “Jangled in Every Alehouse and Tavern”: Henry VIII Implores His Subjects to Put Aside Religious Differences (1545) 173208
- 28. “My Heart, Do Thine Office”: The Execution of Scottish Reformer George Wishart (1546) 179214
- 29. “We Will Have . . .”: West Country Resistance to the New English Liturgy (1549) 185220
- 30. “That Horrible Monster Jezebel”: Scottish Reformer John Knox Denounces the Queen of England and the Rule of Women (1558) 191226
- Catholic Reformation 197232
- 31. “We Will Remain Unvanquished”: Catholic Women Resist the Reformers—The Short Chronicle of Jeanne de Jussie (ca. 1534) 199234
- 32. “Remember That You Are a Member of the Society of Jesus”: The Work of the Jesuits in Europe and Without (1552, 1597) 205240
- 33. “One Day the Eyes of His Soul Were Opened”: The Autobiography of St. Ignatius of Loyola (1555) 213248
- 34. “Who Has Delivered Me from Myself”: A Mystical Reformation—the Autobiography of Saint Teresa of Ávila (1562) 219254
- 35. “Scandals and Stumbling-Blocks of the Faithful”: Decrees of the Council of Trent on Purgatory, Relics, Images, and Clerical Concubines (1563) 225260
- Europe Divided, 1570–1600 231266
- 36. “They Threw the Body through the Window into the Courtyard”: An Account of and Reactions to the Murder of French Protestants on St. Bartholomew’s Day (1572) 233268
- 37. “The Letters of a Deceitful and Hypocritical King”: Religion and War in the Netherlands (1580, 1581) 241276
- 38. “Unless He Consent and Subscribe to These Articles Following”: Archbishop John Whitgift’s Articles for Uncovering Anglican Ministers of Presbyterian Inclination (1583) 247282
- 39. “The Wicked and Dangerous Practices of Seditious Sectaries”: Dissenting from the English Via Media—Jesuits and Puritans (1585, 1593) 253288
- 40. “Obliterated and Forgotten, As If No Such Things Had Ever Happened”: The Edict of Nantes—Ending the Wars of Religion in France (1598) 259294
- Appendix 1: Biographical Sketches of Important Individuals Mentioned in Text 265300
- Appendix 2: Glossary of Terms Mentioned in Text 275310
- Appendix 3: Comparison of Catholic and Protestant Positions on Key Doctrin 279314
- Appendix 4: Sixteenth-Century Monarchs and Popes 281316
- Bibliography 285320
- Index 301336