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History of the World in 25 Books: Books and the Reformation

WFU Lifelong Learning, Summer 2016

Books

God's secretaries : the making of the King James Bible by Adam Nicolson
Call Number: BS186 .N53 2003
Publication Date: New York : HarperCollins, 2003
In the beginning : the story of the King James Bible and how it changed a nation, a language, and a culture by Alister E. McGrath
Call Number: BS186 .M33 2001
Publication Date: New York : Doubleday, 2001
The Bible in English : its history and influence by David Daniell
Call Number: BS455 .D27 2003
Publication Date: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2003
The shadow of a great rock : a literary appreciation of the King James Bible by Harold Bloom
Call Number: BS186 .B56 2011
Publication Date: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2011
Printing, power, and piety : appeals to the public during the early years of the English Reformation by Brad C. Pardue
Call Number: BR350.T8 P37 2012
Publication Date: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012
Brand Luther : 1517, printing, and the making of the reformation by Andrew Pettegree
Call Number: BR325 .P48 2015
Publication Date: New York : Penguin Press, 2015
The Reformation and the book by Jean-Francois Gilmont; English edition and translation by Karin Maag
Call Number: Z124 .R42313 1998
Publication Date: Brookfield, VT : Ashgate, 1998

Journals and Journal Articles

How Luther Went Viral
Five centuries before Facebook and the Arab spring, social media helped bring about the Reformation
From The Economist, Dec. 17th 2011

Internet Resources

Class Powerpoint Slides

Books and the Reformation

Printing and the Reformation

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