Robert G Shearer

A short biography helps us to understand the significance of a historical figure, but if you really want to know them, you must read what they wrote. This anthology includes primary source material from the key figures of both the Renaissance and Reformation. The Renaissance selections include Petrarch, Valla, Lorenzo de' Medici, Savonarola, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Machiavelli, Erasmus. The Reformation readings include Wyclif, Hus, Luther, Zwingli, Sattler, Tyndale, Cromwell, More, Calvin, and Knox. The Luther selections include the 95 theses, as well as all three of the famous 1520 essays (Address to the Christian Nobility, On the Babylonian Captivity, and The Freedom of a Christian). For Luther, Calvin, and Knox, we have their own accounts of their conversion experiences

A study guide with background information, discussionquestions, and suggested activities toaccompany Famous Men of the Renaissance &Reformation. Integrates the readings from the Famous Men books with Voices of the Renaissance and Reformation and the DK Eyewitness Renaissance book. Use this guide to help you study this time period and make sense of it within the Christian world view.