The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century

Bainton presents the many strands that made up the Reformation in a single, brilliantly coherent account. He discusses the background for Luther's irreparable breach with the Church and its ramifications for 16th Century Europe, giving thorough accounts of the Diet of Worms, the institution of the Holy Commonwealth of Geneva, Henry VIII's break with Rome, and William the Silent's struggle for Dutch independence.Roland Bainton is the author of 'The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century', published 1985 under ISBN 9780807013014 and ISBN 0807013013.