Reformation and the Culture of Persuasion

Why did people choose the Reformation? What was in the evangelical teaching that excited, moved or persuaded them? Andrew Pettegree tackles these questions directly by re-examining the reasons that moved millions to this decisive and traumatic break with a shared Christian past. He charts the separation from family, friends, and workmates that adherence to the new faith often entailed and the new solidarities that emerged in their place. He explores the different media of conversion through which the Reformation message was communicated and the role of drama, sermons, song and the book. His findings offer a persuasive new answer to the critical question of how the Reformation could succeed as a mass movement in an age before mass literacy.

Author: Andrew Pettegree
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/11/2005
Pages: 252
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.44w x 0.87d
ISBN: 9780521841757

About the Author
Pettegree, Andrew: - Andrew Pettegree is Professor of Modern History and Founding Director of the Reformation Studies Institute at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of a number of studies of the European Reformation, sixteenth century Europe, and the history of the printed book.

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