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By Scrymarch (Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 07:34:22 PM EST) (all tags)

Any suggestions? Just reading for interest so no need to be systematic.

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I read this, looked at ana, and said, by toxicfur (4.00 / 3) #1 Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 08:10:19 PM EST

"What is that book I read?"

"The one with the thing?" ana replied, smirking.

"Yes. The one guy was in bed. And there was a picture. And it was a mystery, but about something that.... You gave it to me."

"Keep talking...."

"Scrymarch has this diary wanting books about the reformation? And I thought?"

"Daughter of Time."

"Yes!"

"I haven't actually read that book since college," said ana. "I'm actually kind of proud of myself."

It turns out it's not actually about the Reformation or Counter-Reformation, but it was a damned entertaining bit of historical fiction. And because I have a partner who can read my mind, I'm able to recommend it.
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If you don't get a Bonnie, my universe will not make sense. --blixco

: You guys ... by Scrymarch (4.00 / 1) #7 Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 10:42:00 AM EST

Half the retrospective appeal of a diary like this is throwing it out there and seeing what ink blots people see.
The fact that it's not really about the reformation at all is perfect. Kind of like that moment in a bookstore where you walk out with a completely different book to the one you were looking for ...
_{The Political Science Department of the University of Woolloomooloo}
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If you like... by ana (4.00 / 2) #2 Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 08:14:38 PM EST

historical fiction set in that period, it's really hard to beat Iain Pears' An Instance of the Fingerpost, which is set in Restoration England. Four unreliable narrators, lots of intrigue, some of it related to the English version of the [Counter-]Reformation.

The music of the counter-reformation is, quite simply, perfection. Start with Thomás Luís de Victoria and then go for his contemporaries.

"And this ... is a piece of Synergy." --Kellnerin

: Thanks! by Scrymarch (2.00 / 0) #8 Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 10:42:57 AM EST

I never would have thought of music. I'll be looking out for the book too.
_{The Political Science Department of the University of Woolloomooloo}
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Will Durant by ucblockhead (4.00 / 1) #4 Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 08:35:06 PM EST

I found Will Durant's Story of Civilization an easy (though long) read. One complete volume is on the Reformation.
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Reformation by chuckles (4.00 / 1) #5 Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 10:35:35 PM EST

Is that one of the Matrix sequels?

Skateboarding is a crime.

From what sort of angle? by lm (4.00 / 1) #6 Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 06:59:10 AM EST

Jarislov Pelikan gives a very good treatment of the Reformation and n in volume four of The Christian Tradition which is titled The Reformation of Church and Dogma. The other four books also do a very fine job of exploring the history of doctrine before and after the Reformation.

For an interesting contemporary view on the Reformation and where it differs from what had come before, consider Augsburg and Constantinople: The Correspondence between the Tubingen Theologians and Patriarch Jeremiah II of Constantinople on the Augsburg Confession which is the letters passed back and forth between some Lutheran scholars at Tubingen and the Eastern Orthodox ecumenical patriarch. The short summary is that the Reformers were rather surprised to find out that they weren't just like the Orthodox in matters in doctrine.

Or are you looking for more of a historical/political overview?

There is no more degenerate kind of state than that in which the richest are supposed to be the best.
Cicero, The Republic

: I am more of a historical / political guy by Scrymarch (2.00 / 0) #9 Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 10:46:31 AM EST

... but for this reason I am unlikely to find good recommendations for the theology of the period, and the intellectual history aspect of it does appeal.
Again, I was glad to throw it out there and find out what good books on the Reformation are ... is it the theology, or the politics, or the military nature of the Thirty Years War, or the political economy of a mercantalising Europe, or the personal stories of people born at the time, or the music they were listening to, or ...
_{The Political Science Department of the University of Woolloomooloo}
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: Slightly OT: by ammoniacal (2.00 / 0) #10 Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 04:18:02 AM EST

Ye Gods; Augsburg is one of the fugliest cities I've had the misfortune of visiting.
We now return you to some practical book-larnin'.
Irony: ammo says it's time. Tom is blocked.
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