Contesting the Reformation

C. Scott Dixon is Senior Lecturer at Queen's University, Belfast. He is the author of numerous books and articles on early modern religious history, including The Reformation and Rural Society (1996), The Reformation in Germany (2002), and Protestants: a History from Wittenberg to Pennsylvania, 1517-1740 (2010).

1 Introduction 1

2 Defining the Reformation 8

3 Religious Life 34

4 The Anatomy of Reform 71

5 Reformation Politics 103

6 The Social Dynamics 130

7 Confessional Cultures 163

Appendix: Did Luther Post the Ninety-Five Theses ? 205

Further Reading 208

Index 220

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