Greschat, Martin.
Martin Bucer : a reformer and his times / Martin Greschat ; translated by Stephen E. Buckwalter. - 1st ed. - Louisville, KY : Westminster John Knox Press, �2004. - xii, 334, [6] pages : maps ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-316) and index.
Humble beginnings -- Between Erasmus and Luther -- A preacher in Strasbourg -- Spokesman of the Strasbourg Reformation -- A champion of Protestant unity -- The Reformation of the empire -- Defeat -- Exile and final days -- Conclusion -- New insights.
Martin Greschat's seminal work is the first biography of the important Protestant reformer to be written in seventy years. Now translated into English, this work--"the most comprehensive account of Bucer's place within the context of the history of the Reformation" ("The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation)--transcends normal biographies by providing much of interest in relation to the social and political context of the sixteenth century. --from publisher description.
Translated from the German.
0664226906 9780664226909
2004041918
GBA465153 bnb
012986282 Uk
Bucer, Martin, 1491-1551.
Bucer, Martin, 1491-1551
Reformation.
Reformation.
BR350.B93 / G7413 2004
284/.092 B
Martin Bucer : a reformer and his times / Martin Greschat ; translated by Stephen E. Buckwalter. - 1st ed. - Louisville, KY : Westminster John Knox Press, �2004. - xii, 334, [6] pages : maps ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-316) and index.
Humble beginnings -- Between Erasmus and Luther -- A preacher in Strasbourg -- Spokesman of the Strasbourg Reformation -- A champion of Protestant unity -- The Reformation of the empire -- Defeat -- Exile and final days -- Conclusion -- New insights.
Martin Greschat's seminal work is the first biography of the important Protestant reformer to be written in seventy years. Now translated into English, this work--"the most comprehensive account of Bucer's place within the context of the history of the Reformation" ("The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation)--transcends normal biographies by providing much of interest in relation to the social and political context of the sixteenth century. --from publisher description.
Translated from the German.
0664226906 9780664226909
2004041918
GBA465153 bnb
012986282 Uk
Bucer, Martin, 1491-1551.
Bucer, Martin, 1491-1551
Reformation.
Reformation.
BR350.B93 / G7413 2004
284/.092 B