A Reformation reader : primary texts with introductions / edited by Denis R. Janz.

Janz's selection of more than 100 carefully edited primary documents captures the energy and moment of that tumultuous time. The new edition incorporates a dozen readings by and about women in the Reformation, adds a new chapter on Thomas Muntzer and the Peasants' War, and adds illuminating graphics...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Janz, Denis (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2008], ©2008.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Reformation > Sources.
Reformation.
Reformationen.
Reformation > Sources
Sources.
Genre:
Sources.
Online Access:
(Table of contents) (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:xviii, 453 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The late medieval background
  • Martin Luther
  • Thomas Müntzer and the peasants' war
  • Zwingli and the Anabaptists
  • John Calvin
  • The Reformation in England
  • The counter/Catholic Reformation.
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Late Medieval Background
  • Introduction
  • Spirituality
  • 1. Thomas Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
  • The Papacy
  • 2. Boniface VIII, Unam Sanctam
  • 3. Leo X, Pastor Aeternus
  • The Status of Women
  • 4. Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
  • 5. Heinrich Kraemer, O.P., and Jacob Sprenger, O.P., Malleus Maleficarum
  • 6. Henricus Cornelius Agrippa, Declamation on the Nobility and Preeminence of
  • the Female Sex
  • 7. Desiderius Erasmus, The Abbot and the Learned Lady
  • Exegesis
  • 8. Jacobus Faber Stapulensis, Introduction to the Commentary on the Psalms
  • Moral Instruction
  • 9. The Fasciculus Morum
  • Theology
  • 10. Thomas Bradwardine, The Cause of God against the Pelagians
  • 11. Gabriel Biel, The Circumcision of the Lord
  • Indulgences
  • 12. Clement VI, Unigenitus
  • 13. Sixtus IV, Salvator noster
  • 14. Albert of Mainz, Instructio summaria
  • Eating, Sleeping, and Dying
  • 15. Dietrich Kolde, Mirror for Christians
  • Criticism
  • 16. Desiderius Erasmus, In Praise of Folly
  • Recommended for Further Reading
  • Chapter 2. Martin Luther
  • Introduction
  • The Person
  • 17. Autobiographical Fragment: Preface to the Complete Edition of Luther's Latin
  • Writings
  • 18. Letter to His Father: Dedication of On Monastic Vows
  • 19. Luther on His Monastic Life
  • 20. From Luther's Table Talk
  • 21. Letter to Katie
  • Theological Writings
  • 22. Ninety-five Theses or Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences
  • 23. A Meditation on Christ's Passion
  • 24. To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation Concerning the Reform of the
  • Christian Estate
  • 25. The Freedom of a Christian
  • 26. Preface to the New Testament
  • 27. Preface to the Old Testament
  • 28. The Small Catechism
  • 29. The Smalcald Articles
  • Lutheranism
  • 30. Argula von Grumbach, Letter to the University of Ingolstadt
  • 31. The Augsburg Confession
  • 32. Philip Melanchthon, Apology of the Augsburg Confession
  • 33. Formula of Concord
  • Recommended for Further Reading
  • Chapter 3. Thomas Mntzer and the Peasants' War
  • Introduction
  • Thomas Mntzer
  • 34. Vindication and Refutation
  • 35. A Sermon Before the Princes
  • 36. Open Letter to the People of Allstedt
  • The "War"
  • 37. The Twelve Articles of the Peasants
  • 38. Luther, Admonition to Peace
  • 39. Johann Herholt, The Massacre of Weinsberg
  • 40. Report Concerning a Female Participant
  • 41. Report of Women Planning to Storm a Convent
  • 42. Count Philipp von Solm's Report
  • The Aftermath
  • 43. Michel Gross's Report on Treatment of the Defeated Peasants
  • 44. Luther, Against the Robbing and Murdering Hordes of Peasants
  • 45. Valerius Anshelm of Bern on the Aftermath of the Uprising
  • 46. Hermann Mühlpfort on Luther's Role and Responsibility
  • Recommended for Further Reading
  • Chapter 4. Zwingli and the Anabaptists
  • Introduction
  • Ulrich Zwingli
  • 47. Letter to Utinger
  • 48. Of Freedom of Choice in the Selection of Food
  • 49. Petition to the Bishop of Constance
  • 50. Of the Clarity and Certainty of the Word of God
  • 51. Sixty-seven Theses
  • 52. On True and False Religion
  • 53. Letter to Vadian
  • 54. The Marburg Colloquy: Another Report
  • 55. Zwingli's Death: Two Accounts
  • Anabaptist Origins
  • 56. The Beginnings of the Anabaptists
  • 57. Balthasar Hubmaier, Concerning Heretics and Those Who Burn Them
  • 58. Balthasar Hubmaier, A Christian Catechism
  • 59. The Schleitheim Confession
  • 60. The Trial and Martyrdom of Michael Sattler
  • 61. Hans Denck, Concerning True Love
  • Münster Extremism
  • 62. Bernard Rothmann, A Restitution of Christian Teaching
  • 63. The End of Jan van Leiden
  • Theology and Testimony
  • 64. Menno Simons, A Meditation on the Twenty-fifth Psalm
  • 65. The Trial and Martyrdom of Elizabeth Dirks
  • 66. Janneken Munstdorp, Letter to Her Daughter
  • 67. Peter Walpot, True Yieldedness and the Christian Community of Goods
  • Recommended for Further Reading
  • Chapter 5. John Calvin
  • Introduction
  • Calvin on Himself
  • 68. Preface to the Commentary on the Psalms
  • 69. Letter to Melanchthon
  • Practical Matters
  • 70. Geneva Ordinances
  • 71. Consistory Records
  • 72. Letter Concerning a Pious Woman
  • 73. Letter on Usury
  • The Servetus Affair
  • 74. Letter from David Joris to Servetus' Judges
  • 75. Letters from Servetus to the Geneva Council
  • 76. Verdict and Sentence for Michael Servetus
  • Theology: Institutes of the Christian Religion
  • 77. Knowledge of God
  • 78. Scripture
  • 79. Original Sin
  • 80. Christ
  • 81. The Holy Spirit
  • 82. The Christian Life
  • 83. Predestination
  • 84. The Church
  • 85. The Lord's Supper
  • 86. Civil Government
  • A Female Advocate
  • 87. Marie Dentiere, Letter to the Queen of Navarre
  • Recommended for Further Reading
  • Chapter 6. The Reformation in England
  • Introduction
  • Origins
  • 88. Henry VIII's Act of Supremacy
  • 89. Henry VIII's Act of Six Articles
  • English Theology
  • 90. Thomas Cranmer, Preface to the Great Bible
  • 91. Thomas Cranmer, A Sermon of the Salvation of Mankind
  • Marian Reversal
  • 92. Queen Mary: The Marian Injunctions
  • 93. The Examination of Lady Jane Grey
  • Elizabethan Settlement
  • 94. Elizabeth I's Act of Supremacy
  • 95. Elizabeth I's Act of Uniformity
  • 96. The Elizabethan Injunctions
  • 97. The Thirty-nine Articles
  • Recommended for Further Reading
  • Chapter 7. The Counter/Catholic Reformation
  • Introduction
  • Early Reactions
  • 98. Leo X, Exsurge Domine
  • 99. Leo X, Decet Romanum
  • 100. Adrian VI to the Diet of Nuremberg
  • 101. Cajetan, On Faith and Works
  • 102. Contarini and Carafa, Consilium de emendanda ecclesiae
  • 103. Paul III, Licet ab initio
  • 104. Jeanne de Jussie, The Leaven of Calvinism
  • The Council of Trent
  • 105. The Council of Trent, Decree and Canons on Justification
  • 106. Trent, Canons on the Sacraments in General
  • 107. Trent, Canons on the Eucharist
  • 108. Trent, Canons on Penance
  • 109. Trent, Reform Decree on Establishing Seminaries
  • 110. Trent, Reform Decree on Preaching
  • 111. Trent, Rules on Prohibited Books
  • The Jesuits
  • 112. Ignatius Loyola, Autobiography
  • 113. An Early Jesuit Report on Rome
  • 114. Ignatius Loyola, Prima summa
  • 115. Ignatius Loyola, The Spiritual Exercises
  • 116. Letter of Juan de Polanco to Antonio de Araoz
  • 117. Letter of Ignatius Loyola to Peter Canisius
  • The New World
  • 118. Paul III, Sublimis Deus
  • 119. Francisco de Vitoria, De Indis
  • 120. Bartolome de las Casas, A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
  • Rome and England
  • 121. Pius V, Regnans in excelsis
  • A Mystical Voice
  • 122. Teresa of Avila, The Book of Her Life
  • Recommended for Further Reading.