| Contents |
I. The background -- The religion of the people of Europe -- The vulnerability of the church -- 'Reform' from within and its limits -- Challenges from outside and their limits -- Heresy : an alternative church? -- The church and the Christian soul -- II. The reformers and their message -- The 'Luther affair' and its context -- The conversions of the reformers -- Rejections of reform -- The reformers' message : salvation -- The reformers' message : scripture -- The reformers' message : The church -- The reformers' message : sacraments -- III. Establishing the reformed churches -- Unsuccessful 'affiliations' to the reformed cause -- Self-governing towns and cities -- Principalities and kingdoms -- Motives for establishing the Reformation? -- IV. Beyond the 'reformation moment' : from temporary coalitions to growing communities -- Voluntary, gathered movements reject the 'coalition' -- Crisis, survival, and compromise in politics -- Reformers at odds : the 'confessional' reformation -- Reformers and laypeople : building a religious culture. |
| Summary |
Fully revised and updated version of Euan Cameron's authoritative account of the birth of the Protestant traditions in 16th-century Europe. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 1, 2021). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Cameron, Euan (Euan K.). European Reformation. Second Ediiton. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2012] 9780199547852 0199547858 |
| Genre/form | Church history |
| ISBN | 9780192670861 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 0192670867 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9780192670854 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 0192670859 (electronic bk.) |
