{"id":2116,"date":"2017-09-07T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T13:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/?p=2116"},"modified":"2017-06-16T14:17:06","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T19:17:06","slug":"theme-thursday-evolution-of-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/theme-thursday-evolution-of-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme Thursday – Evolution of Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Theme Thursdays this year we\u2019ll reflect on and consider revolutions everywhere we can find them. Today we consider the Protestant Reformation, which was a major religious revolution.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Protestant Reformation was the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural revolution that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era. In northern and central Europe, reformers like Martin Luther, John Calvin and Henry VIII challenged papal authority and questioned the Catholic Church\u2019s ability to define Christian practice. They argued for a religious and political redistribution of power into the hands of Bible- and pamphlet-reading pastors and princes. The disruption triggered wars, persecutions and the so-called Counter-Reformation, the Catholic Church\u2019s delayed but forceful response to the Protestants.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Want to learn more? Check out any one of these resources available through Ames Library.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Protestant Reformation, 1517-1559<\/em> by Lewis W. Spitz<\/a><\/p>\n

John Donne and the Protestant Reformation: New perspectives<\/em> edited by Mary Arshagouni Papazian<\/a><\/p>\n

The boy king: Edward VI and the protestant reformation<\/em> by Diarmaid MacCulloch<\/a><\/p>\n

The Renaissance, the Protestant revolution and the Catholic reformation in continental Europe<\/em> by Edward Maslin Hulme<\/a><\/p>\n

The Protestant Reformation<\/em> translated from the French by Audrey Butler<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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