Wagner, John A, Ph.d.

Voices of the Reformation: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life Wagner, John A, Ph.d.

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Biographical Note: John A. Wagner, PhD, has taught classes in British and American history at Arizona State University and Phoenix College. Publisher Marketing: Starting in 1500, Europe transformed from a united Christendom into a continent bitterly divided between Catholicism and Protestantism by the end of the century. This illuminating text reveals what happened during that period by presenting the social, religious, economic, political, and cultural life of the European Reformation of the 16th century in the words of those who lived through it. Detailed and comprehensive, the work includes 60 primary source documents that shed light on the character, personalities, and events of that time and provides context, questions, and activities for successfully incorporating these documents into academic research and reading projects. A special section provides guidelines for better evaluating and understanding primary documents. Topics include late medieval religion, Martin Luther, reformation in Germany and the Peasants' War, the rise of Calvinism, and the English Reformation.

Contributor Bio:  Wagner, John A, PH. D. The Author John Wagner lives in the little town of Dinosaur, Colorado with his wife Sarah, daughter Megan & their dog Buddy. One of John's favorite pastimes is photographing the wild horses and other wildlife in NW Colorado As John says, "Heaven to the Cowboy was spending time on the Open Range where he could talk to God in his own way."