The twenty historical miniatures Szabo, Stephen. creator text Fiction. miu Grand Rapids, Mich Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. 1944 monographic eng

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296 pages portrait 20 cm 1. The Grand March to the Valleys of the Alpine Heights -- Peter Waldo and his followers, driven out of Lyon, going into exile. Lyon. October, 1178 -- 2. The Morning Star of Reformation -- The ungraving of John Wycklif's body. Lutterworth, April, 1428 -- 3. The Flames of the Stake on the Lake of Boden's Shore -- The martyrs death of John Huss. Constance, July 6, 1415 -- 4. The Gigantic Bonfire of Vanities in Florence -- The burning of anathemas by Girolamo Savonarola. Florence. February 7, 1497 -- 5. A Bull from Rome that Conquered -- The proclamation of the Papal Bull and burning of John Reuchlin's books. Ingolstadt. June 23, 1520 -- 6. A Bull from Rome that Failed -- Philipp Melanchthon's part at the burning of "Exsurge Domine" Bull by Luther. Wittenberg. December 10, 1520 -- 7. The Black Monk of Wittenberg -- Martin Luther before the Imperial Diet of Worms. April 17, 1521 -- 8. In the Region of the Birds of the Thuringian Forest -- The kidnapping of Luther by Frederick the Wise. Wartburg. May 4, 1521 -- 9. The Dream of a Prince that could not become a Reality -- The Marburg Colloquy arranged by Philip of Hesse the Magnanimous. Marburg. October 3, 1529 -- 10. A Shepherd that was slain with his Flock -- Ulrich Zwingli's heroic death on the battlefield. Kappal. October 11, 1531 11. Lightning from the clear sky that struck an ancient idol -- William Farel preaching at a Mass. Vallangin. December 8, 1531 -- 12. Rebellers Thunderstruck in the Holy of the Holies -- John Calvin defending the sacred supper of the Lord. Geneva. April 21, 1538 -- 13. The Grand Trial of Protestant Truth before a Judge eleven years old -- Theodore Beza at the Colloquy of Poissy. Poissy. September 9, 1561 -- 14. A Marriage that was to decide the fate of Protestantism in the West -- John Knox before Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. Edinburgh. May 26, 1563 -- 15. Father and Son: Word and Sword -- Frederick the Pious defending Heidelberg Catechism before the Imperial Diet. Augsburg. March, 1566 -- 16. The Anvil that has worn out many hammers -- Caspar Coligny and the massacre of St. Bartholomew. Paris. August 23, 1572 -- 17. "The Winds and the Waves Shall Obey His Will" -- William of Orange receiving the tidings about the relief of the siege of Leyden. Delft. October 3, 1574 -- 18. The Flag of a Prince with two gold Embroidered Names -- Stephen Bocskay and the Treaty of Vienna. Kassa. December 23, 1606 -- 19. A Wondrous Sunrise at Narragansett Bay -- Roger Williams proclaiming final victory. Boston. June, 1654 -- 20. "The Slaughtered Saints, Whose Bones Lay Scattered on the Alpine Mountains Cold" -- Oliver Cromwell stops the persecution of the Vaudois. London. June, 1655. by Dr. Stephen Szabo. With twenty pen drawings by Reynold H. Weidenaar. Reformation Fiction Reformation PS3537.Z2 M3 922 Sz12 HEI 740926 20160418165823.0 ocm01022597 eng