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In looking back, in this talk, over the period of both the Protestant and the Catholic Reformations, Professor Dickens limits himself to two topics, both of them of profound importance to Reformati...on studies. First, he speaks about what he calls "the essentially popular nature" of the Protestant Reformation. To illustrate this he turns specifically to Luther's Reformation in Germany and considers in particular the role and nature of the town councils of the walled cities of Germany. Secondly, in a wide survey of the course of European history since the mid sixteenth century he gives his reasons for believing that the Protestant and Catholic reformations "did not...tear European civilisation so profoundly apart as some simplifying historians have suggested.
In looking back, in this talk, over the period of both the Protestant and the Catholic Reformations, Professor Dickens limits himself to two topics, both of them of profound importance to Reformati...on studies. First, he speaks about what he calls "the essentially popular nature" of the Protestant Reformation. To illustrate this he turns specifically to Luther's Reformation in Germany and considers in particular the role and nature of the town councils of the walled cities of Germany. Secondly, in a wide survey of the course of European history since the mid sixteenth century he gives his reasons for believing that the Protestant and Catholic reformations "did not...tear European civilisation so profoundly apart as some simplifying historians have suggested.
| Module code and title: | A201, Renaissance and Reformation |
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| Item code: | A201; 27 |
| Recording date: | 1972-07-29 |
| First transmission date: | 29-07-1972 |
| Published: | 1972 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:18:20 |
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| Producer: | Prudence Smith |
| Contributor: | A G Dickens |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Catholics and Protestants; Luther's Reformation |
| Master spool number: | TLN13FM218J |
| Production number: | TLN13FM218J |
| Available to public: | no |
