History of the German Reformation

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Order of Contents

Early & Medieval Church
Reformation
.       Short & Medium Histories  18+
.       Large Histories  8
Special Studies
Primary Sources  2
Luther  20
Luther’s Thought  4
Historical Theology
Melancthon  1
Worship  3
Bibliographies  3

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Early & Medieval Church History

Kruger, Gustav – ‘Literature on Church History in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Holland and the Scandinavian Countries, 1914-1920, I. Early Church History’ & ‘The Medieval Church’  in Harvard Theological Review, vol. 14, no. 4 (Oct. 1921), pp. 283-374 & vol. 15 (Oct. 1922), pp. 323-405

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Short & Medium Length Histories

1800’s

Shober, G. – A Comprehensive Account of the Rise and Progress of the Blessed Reformation of the Christian Church by Dr. Martin Luther  1818  235 pp.

Montgomery, Robert – Luther: the Spirit of the Reformation  1843  385 pp.

Spalding, M.J. – D’Aubigné’s “History of the great Reformation in Germany and Swtizerland Reviewed, or the Reformation in Germany Examined in its Instruments, Causes and Manner…  1844  400 pp.

Spalding, a Roman Catholic, attempts to set forth ‘the other side of the story’ and not only review D’Aubigne’s work, but to provide a general history of the Reformation.

Heppe, Heinrich – The Reformers of England and Germany in the Sixteenth Century:  Their Intercourse and Correspondence.  A Historical Sketch and Original Documents  Buy  1859  225 pp.  with an Appendix containing twelve primary source letters in Latin

Dalton, Hermannn – John A Lasco: his Earlier Life and Labors: a Contribution to the History of the Reformation in Poland, Germany and England  1886  390 pp.

Morris, John G. – The Blind Girl of Wittenberg: A Life Picture of the Times of Luther and the Reformation  1856  310 pp.

ed. Saint-Hilaire – Tales from Alsace, or Scenes and Portraits from Life in the Days of the Reformation, as Drawn from Old Chronicles  1868  424 pp.

Anon. – Anecdotes of Luther and the Reformation  1883  265 pp.

Seiss, Joseph – Luther and the Reformation: the Life Springs of our Liberties  1888  210 pp.

Anon. – Characters, Scenes and Incidents of the Reformation: from the Times of Luther to the Close of the Sixteenth Century  n.d.  200 pp.

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1900’s

Plummer, Alfred – The Continental Reformation in Germany, France, and Switzerland, from the birth of Luther to the death of Calvin  1912  230 pp.

Lindsay, Thomas – Luther and the German Reformation  1913  320 pp.  in The World’s Epoch-Makers  Here is a one page review by Henry M. Baird.

Lindsay was a professor in the Free Church of Scotland.

ed. Dau, W.H.T. – 400 Years, Commemorative Essays on the Reformation of Dr. Martin Luther and its Blessed Results  1916  330 pp.

Fischer-Galati, Stephen – Ottoman Imperialism and German Protestantism  Buy  1959  156 pp.

Fischer-Galati was an American historian from Romania.

Holborn, Hajo – A History of Modern Germany: The Reformation  1959  420 pp.

Dickens, A.G. – Martin Luther and the Reformation  1967  195 pp.

Forte, Dieter – Luther, Munzer and the Bookkeepers of the Reformation  1973  215 pp.

Center for Reformation Research – Early Sixteenth Century Roman Catholic Theologians and the German Reformation: a Finding List of CRR holdings  1975  62 pp.

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2000’s

Booth, Edwin Prince – Martin Luther: Heart of the Reformation  2003  205 pp.

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Large Histories

1800’s

Scott, John – Luther and the Lutheran Reformation, vol. 1, 2  1832

Mayer, Lewis – The History of the German Reformed Church, vol. 1, 2  1851

Harbaugh, H. – The Fathers of the German Reformed Church in Europe and America, vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6  1857

Good, James I. – History of the Reformed Church of Germany, 1620-1890  1894  655 pp.

Hagenback, K.R. – History of the Reformation in Germany and Switzerland Chiefly, vol. 1, 2  1878

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1900’s

von Ranke, Leopold – History of the Reformation in Germany  1905  815 pp.

Vedder, Henry C. – The Reformation in Germany  1914  525 pp.

Vedder was a professor of Church history at Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania, a multi-denominational school, though it served mainly the American Baptist Church.

Lortz, Joseph – The Reformation in Germany, vol. 1, 2  1968  500 pp.

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Special Studies

Connection to the Scottish Reformation

Cameron, James – Aspects of the Lutheran Contribution to the Scottish Reformation, 1528-1552  1984  12 pp.

McGoldrick, James E. – Luther’s Scottish Connection  (Cranbury: Associated Univ. Press, 1989)  141 pp.

See the review by Barry Waugh.

Mitchell, William – The Wedderburns and their Work, or the Sacred Poetry of the Scottish Reformation in its Historical Relation to that of Germany, a Lecture  1867  95 pp.

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Politics

von Ranke, Leopold – Ferdinand I and Maximilian II of Austria: an Essay on the political and religious state of Germany immediately after the Reformation  1853 145 pp.

Hutton, William – The Political Disturbances which Accompanied the Early Period of the Reformation in Germany  1881  41 pp.

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Localities

Bernheim, G.D. – Localities of the Reformation which were Visited Recently in a European Tour, and Described in a Lecture  1877  25 pp.

Stoughton, John – Homes and Haunts of Luther  n.d.  285 pp.  Religious Tract Society

Sehlbrede, G.E. – Wittenberg and its Association with the Reformation of Germany  1906  155 pp.

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Educational

Woody, Thomas – Furstenschulen in Germany after the Reformation  1920  60 pp.

Furstenschulen was the protestant school system in Germany.

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Women

Gillet, Myrtle Mann – ‘Woman in German Literature Before and After the Reformation’  1918  29 pp.

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Primary Sources

trans. Malcom – Old German Theology a Hundred Years before the Reformation  with a preface by Martin Luther  1854  185 pp.  This is a primary source document

ed. Robinson & Whitcomb – Translations and Reprints from the Original Sources of European History – Period of the Early Reformation in Germany  1895  45 pp.

Collitz, Klara – Selections from Classical German Literature from the Reformation to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century  1914  750 pp.  In German with English annotations

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Martin Luther

Article

Cartwright, T.S. – Luther; the Reformation, Two Lectures  1878  33 pp.

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Shorter Bios

1800’s

Mead, Edwin – Martin Luther: a Study of the Reformation  1884  195 pp.

Cubitt, George – The Life of Martin Luther, to which is prefixed an Expository Essay on the Lutheran Reformation  1853  350 pp.

Lutheran Publication Society – Luther at Wartburg Castle: a Reformation Story of 1521  1882  245 pp.

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1900’s

Green, Vivian – Luther and the Reformation  1964  185 pp.

Simon, Edith – Luther Alive; Martin Luther and the Making of the Reformation  1968  385 pp.

Hendrix, Scott – Luther and the Papacy: Stages in a Reformation Conflict  1981  230 pp.

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Larger Bios

1800’s

Bower, Alexander – The Life of Luther, being an Account of the Early Progress of the Reformation  1824  415 pp.

Sears, Barnas – The Life of Luther with Special Reference to its Earlier Periods and the Opening Scenes of the Reformation  1849  505 pp.

Stork, Theophilus – The Life of Martin Luther and the Reformation in Germany, with an Introduction  1858  405 pp.

Jacobs, Henry Eyster – Martin Luther: the Hero of the Reformation, 1483-1546  1898  545 pp.

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1900’s

Smith, Preserved – Life and Letters of Martin Luther  1911  540 pp.

Bainton, Roland H. – Here I Stand: a Life of Martin Luther  1951  420 pp.

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Luther to 1521

1800’s

Smith, J. Frederick – Martin Luther and the Reformation in Germany until the Close of the Diet of Worms  1896  470 pp.

Beard, Charles – Martin Luther and the Reformation in Germany until the Close of the Diet of Worms  1889  485 pp.

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1900’s

Boehmer, Heinrich – Road to Reformation: Martin Luther to the Year 1521  Buy  1946  449 pp.

Rupp, E.G. – Luther’s Progress to the Diet of Worms  Buy  1951  109 pp.

Fife, Robert – The Revolt of Martin Luther  Buy  1957  726 pp.

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The Thought of Luther

Murray, Robert – Erasmus and Luther: their Attitude to Toleration  1920  530 pp.

Watson, Philip – Let God be God! An Interpretation of the Theology of Martin Luther  Buy  1947  214 pp.

Rupp, E.G. – The Righteousness of God: Luther Studies  Buy  1953  365 pp.  The Birkbeck lectures in ecclesiastical history

Bornkamm, H. – Luther’s World of Thought  Buy  1958  245 pp.

Taylor, Henry Osborn – Erasmus and Luther  1962  Book 2 of Thought and Expression in the Sixteenth Century

Althaus, Paul – The Ethics of Martin Luther  Buy  1972  196 pp.

Great reading!  A classic.

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Historical Theology

Muller, Gerhard – Protestant Theology in Scotland and Germany in the Early Days of the Reformation  1978/1985  15 pp.

Krauth, Charles P. – The Conservative Reformation and its Theology: as Represented in the Augsburg Confession and in the History and Literature of the Evangelical Lutheran Church  1872  855 pp.

Preus, Robert – The Theology of Post-Reformation Lutheranism, 2 vols.  1969

Preus (1924-1995) was a conservative, American, LCMS pastor, professor, author, and seminary president.

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Melanchthon

Richard, James William – Philip Melanchthon, the Protestant Preceptor of the Reformation, 1497-1560  1898  490 pp.

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German Worship

See also our sections ‘Luther & Lutheranism’ & ‘The German Reformed Church’ on our page, The History of Psalm Singing.

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Mitchell, William – The Wedderburns and their Work, or the Sacred Poetry of the Scottish Reformation in its Historical Relation to that of Germany, a Lecture  1867  95 pp.

Brooks, Neil – ‘German Hymns in the Church Service Before the Reformation’  1910  4 pp.

Kuhn, Anne Wicker – The Influence of the German Protestant Reformation upon the Music Worship of the Church  1942  275 pp.  Light print but readable

McKee, Elsie Anne – Reforming Popular Piety in Sixteenth Century Strasbourg: Katharina Schutz Zell and her Hymnbook  1994  88 pp.

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Bibliographies

ed. Robinson & Whitcomb – Translations and Reprints from the Original Sources of European History – Period of the Early Reformation in Germany  1895  45 pp.

Bishop, William Warner – ‘German Reformation Pamphlets in Princeton University Library’  1904  24 pp.

Johnson, Franklin – ‘New Light on the German Reformation’  1905  2 pp.

Rockwell, William – List of References on the History of the Reformation in Germany  1917  65 pp.  Most of the references are in non-English languages

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Related Pages

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