Thought and Expression in the Sixteenth Century, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Plekhanov, Georgi? Valentinovich

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440099766 ISBN 13 : 9781440099762

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore the ideas that shaped the Reformation and modern thought. This volume surveys key figures and currents in the sixteenth century, tracing how leaders like Luther and Calvin framed religion, politics, and culture in Europe. It weaves together biographical detail and critical interpretation to illuminate how reformers’ beliefs became social revolutions.

This edition presents portraits of Luther’s inner conflicts, his path from monk to reformer, and Calvin’s creation of a model church-state in Geneva. It shows how their ideas influenced civil liberty, religious practice, and education, and it situates their work within broader humanist and political currents of the era. The text balances narrative with analysis, offering readers a clear view of why these reforms mattered then and how they echoed through history.

• Character-focused chapters that connect personal belief with public consequence.


• Discussion of how reform ideas influenced governance, universities, and culture.


• Contextualization of Luther and Calvin within the wider humanist movement.


• Accessible biographical framing that links doctrine to daily life and politics.

Ideal for readers of early modern history, religious studies, and intellectual biography who want a grounded, accessible overview of the Reformation and its enduring impact.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

My purpose is to give an intellectual survey of the sixteenth century. I would set forth the human susceptibilities and faculties of this alluring time, its tastes, opinions and appreciations, as they expressed themselves in scholarship and literature, in philosophy and science, and in religious reform. Italian painting is presented briefly as the supreme self-expression of the I talians. The more typical intellectual interests of the fifteenth century also are discussed for their own sake, while those of the previous time are treated as introductory. I have tried to show the vital continuity between the prior mediaeval development and the period before us. The mind must fetch a far compass if it would see the sixteenth century truly. Every stage in the life and thought of Europe represents a passing phase, which is endowed with faculties not begotten of itself, and brings forth much that is not exclusively its own. For good or ill, for patent progress, or apparent retrogression, its capacities, idiosyncrasies and productions belong, in large measure, to the whole, which is made up of past as well as present, the latter pregnant with the future. Yet, though fed upon the elements (sometimes the refuse) of the past, each time seems to develop according to its own nature. Waywardly, foolishly, or with wholesome originality, it evolves a novel temperament and novel thoughts. We shall treat the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries as a final and objective present; and all that went before will be regarded as a past which entered into them. It included pagan A ntiquity,.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440099766
• ISBN 13: 9781440099762
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 447
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