Bibliography
Optional Reading
Other choices
- Robert W. Scribner, For the Sake of Simple Folk
- J.H. Elliott, the New World and the Old
- J.R. Hale, Renaissance Exploration
- Gerald Strauss, Luther's House of Learning
- Thomas A. Brady, Protestant Politics
General Textbooks
Dunn, Richard S. The Age of Religious Wars, 1559–1715. Second Edition / 0-393-09021-3 / paper / W.W. Norton, 1979
Euan Cameron, The European Reformation, Oxford
Alister E. McGrath, Reformation Thought: An Introduction, revised edition (Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1993) paperback, $20.
Spitz, Lewis W. The Renaissance and Reformation Movements, 2 vols, 1971
The Reformers
- Richard Marius, Martin Luther: The Christian Between God and Death
- Parker, T. H. L. John Calvin: A Biography, 1975.
- Heiko A. Oberman, Luther, Man between God and the Devil (Doubleday 1989).
- William J. Bouwsma, John Calvin, A Sixteenth-Century Portrait (Oxford University Press 1988).
- Manschreck, Clyde L. Melancthon: The Quiet Reformer, 1958.
- Aland, Kurt. Four Reformers: Luther, Melancthon, Calvin, Zwingli, 1979.
- Bainton, Roland. Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther, 1950.
- Niesel Wilhelm. The Theology of Calvin, (tr. by Harold Knight) 1980. A more European analysis.
- Potter, G. W. Zwingli, 1976.
- Schwiebert, E. G. Luther and His Times, 1950.
General Surveys
- A. G. Dickens, The Counter-Reformation
- Richard Dunn, The Age of Religious Wars. 1559-1715 (second ed. Norton)
- G.R. Elton, Reformation Europe, 1517-1559, London, 1963.
- J.H. Elliott, Europe divided, 1559-1598, London, 1968.
- Euan Cameron, The European Reformation, Oxford
- Steven Ozment, The Reformation in the Cities
- John Bossy, Christianity in the West, 1400-1700
- Steven Ozment, The Age of Reform, 1250-1550 (Yale University Press 1981).
- Roland Bainton, The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century.
- G. R. Elton, ed., Renaissance and Reformation: 1300-1645.
- Francis Oakley, The western church in the later middle ages, Ithaca, NY, 1979.
- Dickens, A. G. The English Reformation, 1964.
- Hans J. Hillerbrand, The Protestant Reformation, Harper Collins 1968.
Specialized Studies - Religion
- R. Po-chia Hsia, The Myth of Ritual Magic, Yale University Press, 1988
- Michael G. Baylor (ed.), The Radical Reformation. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
- Lewis Spitz, The Reformation: Basic interpretations.
- Althaus, Paul. The Theology of Martin Luther, 1966.
- Bender, H. S. The Anabaptists and Religious Liberty in the Sixteenth Century, 1970.
- Horst, Irwin B. The Radical Brethren: Anabaptism and the English Reformation to 1558, 1972.
- Kendall, R. T. Calvin and English Calvinism to 1649, 1979.
- Klaasen, Peter J. Europe in Reformation, 1979
- Mueller, William A. Church and State in Luther and Calvin, 1954.
- Spitz, Lewis W. The Religious Renaissance of the German Humanists, 1963.
- Williams, George H. The Radical Reformation, 1962.
- R. P-Chia Hsia, The World of Catholic Renewal 1540-1770, Cambridge
- Alister E. McGrath, Reformation thought, an introduction, 2nd ed., Oxford, 1993.
- Gerald Strauss, Luther's House of Learning
- Thomas A. Brady, Protestant Politics
- Robert W. Scribner, For the Sake of Simple Folk
- Carlo Ginzburg, The Cheese and the Worms (Johns Hopkins).
Specialized Studies - Society and Culture
- Peter Burke, Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe
- Natalie Davis, Society and Culture in Early Modern Europe
- Monica Chojnacka, Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks, Ages of Woman, Ages of Man, Longman, 2002
- Andrew Cunningham and Ole Peter Grell, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Religion, War, Famine and Death in Reformation Europe, Cambridge University Press, 2000
- Henry Kamen, European Society, 1500-1700
- Friesen, Abraham. The Radical Reformation, Audio Lecture Tapes and Study Guide.Institute of Theological Studies, a division of OUTREACH, INC., 1993.
- Estep, William. R. The Anabaptist Story: An Introduction to Sixteenth-Century Anabaptism 3rd edition. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996.
- Klaassen, Walter, ed. Anabaptism in Outline. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1981.
- Ozment, Steven, The Age of Reform 1250-1550: An Intellectual and Religious History of Late Medieval and Reformation Europe, rev. ed. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1986.
- Williams, George Hunston. The Radical Reformation. 2nd edition. Philadelphia:Westminster Press, 1992.
- Bender, Harold S. Conrad Grebel. 2nd edition. Scottdale, PA.: Herald Press, 1971.
- Bergsten, Torsten. Balthasar Hubmaier: Anabaptist Theologian and Martyr. Willimam R. Estep ed. Valley Forge, PA.: Judson Press, 1981.
- Blanke, Fritz. Brothers in Christ: the History of the Oldest Anabaptist Congregation, Zollikon. Scottdale, PA.: Herald Press, 1961.
- Brunk, Gerald R. ed. Menno Simons, A Reappraisal. Harrisonburg, VA.: Eastern Mennonite College, 1992.
- Burrage, Henry S. A History of the Anabaptists in Switzerland. New York: B. Franklin, 1973. Reprint.
- Clasen, Claus-Peter. Anabaptism. A Social History. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1972.
- Davis, Kenneth R. Anabaptism and Asceticism. Scottdale, PA.: Herald Press, 1974.
- Deppermann, Claus. Melchior Hoffmann. Edinburgh: Clarke Press, 1987.
- Dyck, C. J. An Introduction to Mennonite History. Scottdale, PA.: Herald Press, 1981.
- Edwards, Mark U. Luther and the False Brethren. Stanford, CA.: Stanford University Press, 1975.
- Friedmann, Robert S. The Theology of Anabaptism. Scottdale, PA.: Herald Press,1973.
- Friesen, Abraham. Thomas Muentzer, A Destroyer of the Godless. Los Angeles & Berkeley, CA.: University of California Press, 1990.
- Gaebler, Ulrich. Huldrych Zwingli: His Life and Work. Phila., PA.: Fortress Press, 1986.
- Goertz, Hans-Juergen, ed. Profiles of Radical Reformers. Scottdale, PA.: Herald Press, 1988.
- Gross, Leonard. The Golden Years of the Hutterites. Scottdale, PA.: Herald Press,1980.
- Horsch, John. The Hutterian Brethren, 1528-1931. New York & London: The GarlandPress, 1971.
- Kittelson, James M. Luther the Reformer. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House,1986.
- Klassen, William. Covenant and Community: The Theology of Pilgrim Marpeck. GrandRapids, MI.: Eerdmans, 1968.
- Krahn, Cornelius. Dutch Anabaptism. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1968.
- Littell, Franklin H. The Origins of Sectarian Protestantism. New York: Macmillan,1964.
- Moore, John Allen. Anabaptist Portraits. Scottdale, PA.: Herald Press, 1984.
- Ozment, Steven. Mysticism and Dissent. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1976.
- Packull, Werner. Mysticism and the South German/Austrian Anabaptist Movement,1525-1531. Scottdale, PA.: Herald Press, 1976.
- Payne, John B. Erasmus: His Theology of the Sacraments. M. E. Bratcher, 1970.
- Snyder, C. Arnold. The Life and Thought of Michael Sattler. Scottdale, PA.: HeraldPress, 1984.
- Spitz, Lewis W. The Religious Renaissance of the German Humanists. Cambridge,Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1963.
- Stephens, W. P. The Theology of Huldrych Zwingli. New York: Oxford UniversityPress, 1983.
- Williams, George H. and Angel M. Mergal, eds. Spiritual and Anabaptist Writers. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1957.
- Yoder, John H. The Legacy of Michael Sattler. Scottdale, PA.: Herald Press,1975