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Characters of the Reformation: Historical Portraits of the 23 Men and Women and Their Place in the Great Religious Revolution of the 16th Century
Characters of the Reformation Historical Portraits of the 23 Men and Women and Their Place in the Great Religious Revolution of the 16th Century
Author: Hilaire Belloc
Perhaps the most fascinating book ever written by this great Catholic historian. Here in bold, living colors Belloc sketches the destructive results of the greed, lust, weakness, tenacity, blindness, fear and indecision of 23 famous men and women of the Protestant Reformation period, analyzing their strengths, mistakes, motives and deeds which c...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780895554666
ISBN-10: 0895554666
Publication Date: 10/1992
Pages: 208
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Publisher: T A N Books Publishers
Book Type: Paperback
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Do not read this book unless you are willing to be exposed to one of the best minds I have ever seen or read. He writes a short book which turns aside all the fiction you have probably read about the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in England and Europe. The Reformation wasn't driven by religion at all. It was the biggest heist of money and property in the history of mankind before and ever since. Raymond


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