Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-442) and index. , History, historiography, and interpretations of the Reformations -- The late Middle Ages : threshold and foothold of the Reformations -- The dawn of a new era -- Wait for no one : implementation of reforms in Wittenberg -- Fruits of the fig tree : social welfare and education -- The Reformation of the common man -- The Swiss Connection : Zwingli and the Reformation in Zurich -- The sheep against the shepherds : the radical Reformations -- Augsburg 1530 to Augsburg 1555 : reforms and politics -- "The most perfect school of Christ" : the Genevan Reformation -- Refuge in the shadow of Godʹs wings : the Reformation in France -- The blood of the martyrs : the Reformation in the Netherlands -- The Reformations in England and Scotland -- Catholic renewal and the counter-Reformation -- Legacies of the Reformations