The Early Reformation on the Continent offers a fresh look at the formative years of the European Reformation and the origins of Protestant faith and practice. The reader is taken back to the origins and development of each topic examined and given an authoritative, accessible, and informative account.
Chadwick offers a fresh look at the formative years of the European Reformation and the origins of Protestant faith and practice. He arranges his material thematically, tracing the origins and development of each topic throughout the history of the western Church and providing an authoritative, accessible, and informative account.
Chadwick is always informative, and writes with a sympathetic understanding, even of Pius IX and the Syllabus of Errors, which many a professedly Roman Catholic historian might find it difficult to emulate ... Reading through this text, one cannot but be impressed by the immense range of Professor Chadwick's reading and his knowledge.
