The Reformation In Medieval Perspective

by Gerhard Ritter

Romantic and revolutionary elements in German theology on the eve of the Reformation, by G. Ritter.--Piety in Germany around 1500, by B. Moeller.--The crisis of the Middle Ages and the Hussites, by F. Graus.--On Luther and Ockham, by P. Vignaux.--Facientibus quod in se est Deus non denegat Robert Holcot O. P. and the beginnings of Luther's theology, by H. A. Oberman.--Home Luther and late medieval theology, by S. E. Ozment.--The Windesheimers after c. 1485: confrontation with the reformation and humanism, by R. R. Post.--Paracelsus, by A. Koyré.--Simul gemitus et Luther and mysticism, by H. A. Oberman.--Bibliography

Genres: Nonfiction

267 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1971

About the author

Gerhard Ritter nacque in Turingia,nel 1888.Professore universitario a partire dal 1924,durante gli ultimi anni della seconda guerra mondiale entrò in contatto con i gruppi di opposizione al regime,e fu imprigionato dalla Gestapo.Ripreso l'insegnamento universitario,morì a Friburgo il 1 luglio 1967.