Europe's Reformations, 1450-1650 : Doctrine, Politics, and Community (Rev. ed)

In this widely praised history, noted scholar James D.

Tracy offers a comprehensive, lucid, and masterful exploration of early modern Europe's key turning point.

Establishing a new standard for histories of the Reformation, Tracy is the first scholar to effectively synthesize new understandings of the profound continuities between medieval Catholic Europe and the multiconfessional sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

This revised edition includes new chapters on pluralistic societies and worship, exploring how the ways ordinary people experienced religion changed during this period.

Richly illustrated and elegantly written, this book belongs in the library of all scholars, students, and general readers interested in the origins, events, and legacy of Europe's Reformation.