Protestants: The Birth of a Revolution

by Steven E. Ozment

A look at the sixteenth-century Protestant revolution employs letters, diaries, and pamphlets to provide anecdotes of real people--monks, college students, mothers--that reexamine the origins of the Reformation and the influence of Protestantism.

Genres: History, Religion, Nonfiction, Germany, Church History, Christianity

270 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

A specialist in early modern and modern Germany, the European family, and the Protestant Reformation., Steven Ozment was the McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History emeritus at Harvard University.

Reviews

[Savannah Jordan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Steven Ozment is a scholar of deservedly renowned reputation. Rather than giving a decided evaluation of the effects of the Reformation, he presents both the pros and the cons. I suspect his actual feelings regarding the effects of the Reformation are much more positive than he acknowledges; however, the current trend in the academic community of which he is a part has a negative view of the Reformation. They feel that it was the spur that help initiate their avowed enemy - capitalism. I think he does not want to alienate himself from this community.