The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation

The sixteenth-century Reformation remains a fascinating andexciting area of study. The revised edition of this distinguishedvolume explores the intellectual origins of the Reformation andexamines the importance of ideas in the shaping of history. * * Provides an updated and expanded version of the original,highly-acclaimed edition. * Explores the complex intellectual roots of the Reformation,offering a sustained engagement with the ideas of humanism andscholasticism. * Demonstrates how the intellectual origins of the Reformationwere heterogeneous, and examines the implications of this for ourunderstanding of the Reformation as a whole. * Offers a defence of the entire enterprise of intellectualhistory, and a reaffirmation of the importance of ideas to thedevelopment of history. * Written by Alister E. McGrath, one of today's best-knownChristian writers.