German Histories in the Age of Reformations, 1400–1650 - Couverture rigide

Brady Jr., Thomas A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 052188909X ISBN 13 : 9780521889094

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

'This extraordinary book provides the reader with the best account of late medieval and early modern German history available in any language ... This is a post-confessional history in which religion retains its centrality but not its polemical edge, a modern history that has been released from the shackles of modernization, and a history in which ordinary villagers and townsmen take their places in a story that was most often dictated by princes and nobles. And it is a story with a powerful narrative arc. What an achievement.' H. C. Erik Midelfort, University of Virginia

'A commanding and brilliant view of the Reformation era. This masterful book is the new starting point for anyone seeking a fresh and up-to-date understanding of the Germanies, the reformations in religion, and the religious confessions linking the early modern and modern worlds ... No one understands the volatile mix of politics, public life and religion better than Tom Brady.' Tom Robisheaux, Duke University

'This is a quite extraordinary manuscript; one of those few books which can truly be termed a masterpiece. Tom Brady is the foremost senior scholar of the Reformation, and he has devoted his career to reshaping the way German Reformation history is understood, by bringing social and political history to bear on a terrain that used to be primarily that of ecclesiastical history. This book is the summation of his life's work. No other scholar could command a similar range and depth of scholarship, and combine it with a completely original, mature vision of the entire period 1400 to 1650.' Lyndal Roper, Balliol College, Oxford University

'Brady's writing is gripping, his scholarship deeply erudite, and his arguments are strongly and persuasively presented ...There is no one better to have filled this need than Brady.' H-German

'... like no other history of the Holy Roman Empire ... this book is interdisciplinary in the most judicious and fruitful ways. It is filled with riveting stories. Brady's analyses are often profound, yet his text includes basic information for the nonspecialist.' Susan C. Karant-Nunn, American Historical Review

Biographie de l'auteur :

Thomas A. Brady, Jr studied at the universities of Notre Dame, Columbia, and Chicago. He taught for 23 years at the University of Oregon and 18 years at the University of California, Berkeley, where he held the Peder Sather Chair of History, and as a guest at the University of Arizona and the National University of Ireland at Galway. A specialist in central European history from 1400 to 1800, his principal writings include Ruling Class, Regime, and Reformation at Strasbourg 1520–1555; Turning Swiss: Cities and Empire 1450–1550; Protestant Politics: Jacob Sturm (1489–1555) and The German Reformation; The Politics of the German Reformation; and Communities, Politics, and Reformations in Early Modern Europe. In addition to his PhD from the University of Chicago, Professor Brady holds the PhD honoris causa from the University of Bern, Switzerland. He has held Guggenheim, Fulbright, and Humboldt fellowships and appointments in the Historisches Kolleg at Munich and in the National Humanities Center.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 052188909X
• ISBN 13: 9780521889094
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 496