Book recommendations on what led up to Reformation

[Eric_Prine]

Anyone have any book recommendations on what led to the Protestant reformation politically, philosophically, etc? I’ve heard a few things such as nominalism, nationalism, the printing press, clerical corruption, but I want to learn a lot more of the details. Thanks! - I’m also curious to learn more on Luther in regards to the Peasant Revolt, why he did not support it and why that wasn’t the nail in the coffin for Lutheranism and the common man.

 

[ltwin]

Anyone have any book recommendations on what led to the Protestant reformation politically, philosophically, etc? I’ve heard a few things such as nominalism, nationalism, the printing press, clerical corruption, but I want to learn a lot more of the details. Thanks! - I’m also curious to learn more on Luther in regards to the Peasant Revolt, why he did not support it and why that wasn’t the nail in the coffin for Lutheranism and the common man.

The Reformation: A History by Diarmaid MacCulloch.

 

[Eric_Prine]

Thank you!

 

[Fiasco]

Not a book, but a 65-minute talk by Scott Hahn, titled: “The Forerunners of the Reformation”.
It can be downloaded.

youtube.com/watch?v=CTMX4C169bg

Scott shows how bad philosophy has led us to today’s turmoil in the West.

 

[PluniaZ]

If you want a traditional Catholic perspective, read Warren Carroll’s “The Glory of Christendom”, part of a 6 volume series.

amazon.com/Glory-Christendom-1100-1517-History-vol/dp/0931888549/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496072112&sr=8-1&keywords=the+glory+of+christendom+warren+carroll

 

[Casilda]

You have to study the times and all the characters in that time period. Read from Catholic sources, Protestant sources and especially Lutheran sources. There is some truth in all of them.

Here is a free source for a very reformed Protestant viewpoint, Charles Coffin’s The Story of Liberty. He covers the time period. Luther starts on chapter X.
heritage-history.com/?c=read&author=coffin&book=liberty&story=_front

It was this author’s view of St.Thomas More that had me search for Catholic sources. It’s best to read about St. Thomas More directly from his son-in-law’s biography of him. Free source:
sourcebooks.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/16Croper-more.asp

 

[Kevan]

The classic is Roland Bainton’s Here I Stand: a Life of Martin Luther. Readable, balanced. You can download it for free here.

 

[Porknpie]

Anyone have any book recommendations on what led to the Protestant reformation politically, philosophically, etc? I’ve heard a few things such as nominalism, nationalism, the printing press, clerical corruption, but I want to learn a lot more of the details. Thanks! - I’m also curious to learn more on Luther in regards to the Peasant Revolt, why he did not support it and why that wasn’t the nail in the coffin for Lutheranism and the common man.

Brad Gregory is at Notre Dame and has a more recent book here

 

[billy15]

This is more of a starting point as it’s not necessarily a scholarly work, but I’d recommend Hilarie Belloc’s How The Reformation Happened. it’s fairly short and pretty readable, but it makes some important points on the political and philosophical factors that led to the Reformation.

 

[GKC]

This is more of a starting point as it’s not necessarily a scholarly work, but I’d recommend Hilarie Belloc’s How The Reformation Happened. it’s fairly short and pretty readable, but it makes some important points on the political and philosophical factors that led to the Reformation.

Been expecting that one. Also, there’s his CHARACTERS OF THE REFORMATION. Belloc is one of my favorite people. But to get a balanced view of the subject, you would also need to read a few other authors.

 

[pablope]

Anyone have any book recommendations on what led to the Protestant reformation politically, philosophically, etc? I’ve heard a few things such as nominalism, nationalism, the printing press, clerical corruption, but I want to learn a lot more of the details. Thanks! - I’m also curious to learn more on Luther in regards to the Peasant Revolt, why he did not support it and why that wasn’t the nail in the coffin for Lutheranism and the common man.

ignatiusinsight.com/features/mbrumley_bouyer1_nov04.asp

Why Catholicism Makes Protestantism Tick: Louis Bouyer on the Reformation | Mark Brumley

 

[Dhc8_Type]

Brand Luther is a good look at how it was more then just Luther’s sermons and lectures . It was his translating the old and new testiments in both high and low German. How the printing press went from scholarly works to the mass communication device in just 70 years.