Diarmaid MacCulloch
Author
Language
English
Description
The Reformation and Counter-Reformation represented the greatest upheaval in Western society since the collapse of the Roman Empire a millennium before. The consequences of those shattering events are still felt today-from the stark divisions between (and within) Catholic and Protestant countries to the Protestant ideology that governs America, the world's only remaining superpower. In this masterful history, Diarmaid MacCulloch conveys the drama,...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"The first half of this book is a ... wide-ranging yet concise survey of the idea of silence in Christian theology and in the practices of all kinds of Christians through the centuries. In the second half, different kinds of quiet in Christian history come under scrutiny"--Review, Sunday Times (London).
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The long-awaited biography of the genius who masterminded Henry VIII's bloody revolution in the English government, which reveals at last Cromwell's role in the downfall of Anne Boleyn. Since the sixteenth century we have been fascinated by Henry VIII and the man who stood beside him, guiding him, enriching him, and enduring the king's insatiable appetites and violent outbursts until Henry ordered his beheading in July 1540. After a decade of sleuthing...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The most profound characteristic of Western Europe in the Middle Ages was its cultural and religious unity, a unity secured by a common alignment with the Pope in Rome, and a common language-- Latin-- for worship and scholarship. The Reformation shattered that unity, and the consequences are still with us today. In [this book], Diarmaid MacCulloch, author of ... 'Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, ' examines not only the Reformation's...