This beautifully illustrated book is the most ambitious one-volume survey of the Reformation yet attempted. A timely and much-needed account, it looks at every aspect of the Reformation world and considers new historical research which has led to the expansion of the subject both thematically and geographically. The strength of The Reformation World is in its breadth and originality, with material drawn from many different countries, including the archive only recently available to scholars in central Europe.Topics included are:* the Church before the ReformationLuther and Germanythe Reformation outside Germany Calvinism and the Second Reformationthe Reformation and society art and architecturethe printed book and visual media.