A Companion to the Reformation World

Copyright © 2006 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

A Companion to the Reformation World

Editor(s): R. Po-Chia Hsia

Published Online: 26 NOV 2007

Print ISBN: 9780631220176

Online ISBN: 9780470996737

DOI: 10.1002/9780470996737

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This volume brings together 29 new essays by leading international scholars, to provide an inclusive overview of recent work in Reformation history.


  • Presents Catholic Renewal as a continuum of the Protestant Reformation.
  • Examines Reformation in Eastern and Western Europe, Asia and the Americas.
  • Takes a broad, inclusive approach - covering both traditional topics and cutting-edge areas of debate.

Table of contents

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      fmatter (page 00)

  2. Part I: On the Eve of the Reformation

    1. Chapter 1

      Dissent and Heresy (pages 3–21)

      Euan Cameron

    2. Chapter 2

      Society and Piety (pages 22–36)

      Larissa Taylor

  3. Part II: The Reformation in the Holy Roman Empire

    1. Chapter 3

      Martin Luther and the German Nation (pages 39–55)

      Robert Kolb

    2. Chapter 4

      The Peasants' War (pages 56–69)

      Tom Scott

    3. Chapter 5

      Radical Religiosity in the German Reformation (pages 70–85)

      Hans-Jürgen Goertz

    4. Chapter 6

      The Reformation in German-Speaking Switzerland (pages 86–101)

      Kaspar von Greyerz

  4. Part III: The European Reformation

    1. Chapter 7

      Calvin and Geneva (pages 105–117)

      Robert M. Kingdon

    2. Chapter 8

      Reform in the Low Countries (pages 118–134)

      Joke Spaans

    3. Chapter 9

      The Reformation in England to 1603 (pages 135–149)

      Christopher Haigh

    4. Chapter 10

      The Religious Wars in France (pages 150–168)

      Barbara B. Diefendorf

    5. Chapter 11

      The Italian Reformation (pages 169–184)

      Massimo Firpo

    6. Chapter 12

      The Reformation in Bohemia and Poland (pages 185–204)

      James R. Palmitessa

    7. Chapter 13

      Old and New Faith in Hungary, Turkish Hungary, and Transylvania (pages 205–220)

      István György Tóth

  5. Part IV: Catholic Renewal and Confessional Struggles

    1. Chapter 14

      The Society of Jesus (pages 221–226)

      John O'Malley

    2. Chapter 15

      Female Religious Orders (pages 237–254)

      Amy E. Leonard

    3. Chapter 16

      The Inquisition (pages 255–271)

      William Monter

    4. Chapter 17

      The Thirty Years' War (pages 273–290)

      Johannes Burkhardt

    5. Chapter 18

      Spain and Portugal (pages 291–310)

      José Pedro Paiva

    6. Chapter 19

      Parish Communities, Civil War, and Religious Conflict in England (pages 311–331)

      Dan Beaver

  6. Part V: Christian Europe and the World

    1. Chapter 20

      Religion and the Church in Early Latin America (pages 333–352)

      Kevin Terraciano

    2. Chapter 21

      Compromise: India (pages 353–374)

      Ines G. Županov

    3. Chapter 22

      Promise: China (pages 375–392)

      R. Po-Chia Hsia

    4. Chapter 23

      A Mission Interrupted: Japan (pages 393–408)

      Michael Cooper

  7. Part VI: Structures of the Reformation World

    1. Chapter 24

      The New Parish (pages 411–425)

      Bruce Gordon

    2. Chapter 25

      Making Peace (pages 426–439)

      Olivier Christin

    3. Chapter 26

      Magic and Witchcraft (pages 440–454)

      James A. Sharpe

    4. Chapter 27

      Martyrs and Saints (pages 455–470)

      Brad S. Gregory

    5. Chapter 28

      Jews in a Divided Christendom (pages 471–485)

      Miriam Bodian

    6. Chapter 29

      Coexistence, Conflict, and the Practice of Toleration (pages 486–505)

      Benjamin J. Kaplan

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      Bibliography (pages 506–552)

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      Index (pages 553–572)

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