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