Winner of the 2004 Wolfson Prize for History, and the Winner of the 2004 British Academy Prize, as well as Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.

At a time when men and women were prepared to kill - and be killed - for their faith, the Reformation tore the western world apart. Acclaimed as the definitive account of these epochal events, MacCulloch's award-winning history brilliantly re-creates the religious battles of priests, monarchs, scholars, politicians - from Martin Luther to Loyola, from Cramer to Philip II.

Profound historical account presented with skill and magnificence. 832 pages.

Everybody’s flocking backward to the Reformation these days to take a fresh look at the roots of its creative energy and its occasional mistakes. Each season brings popular new opinions about its genius or its flaws.

To engage in this cutting-edge debate, treat yourself to the rich research and the sprinkling of dry humor in Oxford historian Diarmaid MacCulloch’s essential overview of the era. At one point, for example, he describes a 16th-century concept he calls "theological road rage." Readers who wade into his thick book sometimes compare the pleasures of their journey to their discovery of the popular historian Barbara Tuchman in the 1970s.

Besides, considering the popularity of debating the future of Protestantism these days, doing your homework on the movement simply makes good sense. Why, viewed from that perspective, buying this book is a downright practical investment. Now, how’s that for a solidly Protestant argument in favor of MacCulloch’s fine book?

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