The Age of Reformation

by E.H. Harbison and E. Harris Harbison

Book Overview

In The Age of Reformation, first published in 1955, E. Harris Harbison shows why sixteenth-century Europe was ripe for a catharsis. New political and social factors were at work--the growth of the middle classes, the monetary inflation resulting from an influx of gold from the New World, the invention of printing, the trend toward centralization of political power. Against these developments, Harbison places the church--nearly bankrupt because...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801498449
• ISBN13: 9780801498442
• Release Date: February 1955
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher