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Chronicles of the scribe volume 1
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English
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"During the reign of England's Henry VIII ... the devout Anne Boleyn catches the eye of a powerful king and uses her influence to champion an English translation of the Bible. ... Meanwhile, Rose, a broken, suicidal woman of the streets, is moved to seek God when she witnesses Thomas More's public displays of Christian charity, ignorant of his secret life spent eradicating the same book, persecuting anyone who dares read it"--Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
No other German has shaped the history of early-modern Europe more than Martin Luther. In this comprehensive and balanced biography we see Luther as a rebel, but not as a lone hero; as a soldier in a mighty struggle for the universal reform of Christianity and its role in the world. The foundation of Protestantism changed the religious landscape of Europe, and subsequently the world, but the author chooses to show not simply as a reformer, but as...
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English
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On all Hallow's Eve in 1517, a young monk named Martin Luther posted a document he hoped would spark an academic debate. Instead, it ignited a conglagration. Five hundred years after Luther's now famous Ninety-five Theses appeared, Eric Metazas paints a startling portrait of the wild figure whose adamantine faith cracked the edifice of Western Christendom and dragged medieval Europe into the future. Written in riveting prose and impeccably researched,...
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English
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She was a nun of noble birth. He was a heretic, a reformer, and an outlaw of the Holy Roman Empire.
In the sixteenth century, nun Katharina von Bora's fate fell no further than the Abbey. Until she read the writings of Martin Luther. His sweeping Catholic church reformation-condemning a cloistered life and promoting the goodness of marriage-awakened her desire for everything she'd been forbidden. Including Martin Luther himself.
Despite the fact...
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English
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A chronicle of Elizabeth I's role in the wars of religion credits her with securing England's future as a world power, covering topics ranging from the queen's use of ambivalence as a political tool to her tolerance in religious matters and the challenges of the Reformation.
12) The Reformation
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
This book is a collection of essays discussing the Reformation, a religious movement which led to civil wars between Protestant and Catholic groups, and its legacy which extends beyond the church itself and into the life of modern society.
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Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
This course explores Luther's theology, the circumstances surrounding his conclusion that the papacy was "antichrist," and major issues and events in the Reformation as it unfolded in Luther's life after he posted his famous 95 theses on the door of the church of Wittenberg, Germany in 1517.
19) Martin Luther
Author
Publisher
Viking Penguin
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
20) Martin Luther
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
1986
Language
English
Description
A biography of the German monk who led the Protestant Reformation in Europe from its beginning in 1517 until his death in 1546.
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