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LibriVox recording of The Renaissance and the Reformation: A Textbook of European History 1494-1610 by Emmeline Tanner. Read in English by Pamela Nagami Dame Emmeline Tanner writes of the Renaissance that its "special characteristic was the revolt against authority and the rise to importance of the individual." Politically, "the renaissance marks the death of the idea of the universal authority of the Empire." Ecclesiastically, "the period marks the breaking-up of the idea of the World Church and the rise of national churches. The authority of the Church was overthrown, and in Teutonic lands the Renaissance became the Reformation." This is a book about broad concepts and remarkable individuals: the Borgia Pope, Alexander VI, the Emperor Charles V, Queen Elizabeth of England, Martin Luther, John Calvin, William the Silent, and Philip II of Spain and his terrible Inquisition. (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Renaissance and the Reformation: A Textbook of European History 1494-1610
• Author credits: Emmeline Tanner
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 28
• Listed recording duration: 8:47:31

Catalogue topics

• renaissance
• Reformation
• papacy
• french wars of religion
• henry iv of france
• counter-reformation
• valois
• martin luthor

Opening tracks: first 24 of 28

1. 01 - Introduction — 39:48
2. 02 - Bk. I: The Renaissance, Ch. 1: The Renaissance, Pt. 1 — 13:42
3. 03 - Bk. I: The Renaissance, Ch. 1: The Renaissance, Pt. 2 — 12:24
4. 04 - Bk. I, Ch. 2: The Geographical Discoveries — 15:02
5. 05 - Bk. I, Ch. 3: The Reign of Maximilian in Germany, 1493-1519 — 16:23
6. 06 - Bk. II: The Balance of Power, Ch. 4: The French and their Rivals in Italy, 1494-1516, Pt. 1 — 14:33
7. 07 - Bk. II: The Balance of Power, Ch. 4: The French and their Rivals in Italy, 1494-1516, Pt. 2 — 12:51
8. 08 - Bk. II, Ch. 5: Rivalry Between the Valois and the Hapsburgs. Period I, 1519-29, Pt. 1 — 17:25
9. 09 - Bk. II, Ch. 5: Rivalry Between the Valois and the Hapsburgs. Period I, 1519-29, Pt. 2 — 22:05
10. 10 - Bk. II, Ch. 6: Rivalry Between the Valois and the Hapsburgs. Period II, 1529-59 — 22:12
11. 11 - Bk. II, Ch. 7: Eastern Europe — 15:41
12. 12 - Bk. III: The Reformation, Ch. 8: The Papacy in the Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries — 23:54
13. 13 - Bk. III, Ch. 9: Reformers Before the Reformation — 20:59
14. 14 - Bk. III, Ch. 10: Martin Luther and his Work, Pt. 1 — 22:31
15. 15 - Bk. III, Ch. 10: Martin Luther and his Work, Pt. 2 — 20:54
16. 16 - Bk. III, Ch. 11: Social and Religious Wars in Germany, Pt. 1 — 14:18
17. 17 - Bk. III, Ch. 11: Social and Religious Wars in Germany, Pt. 2 — 18:28
18. 18 - Bk. III, Ch. 12: The Reformation in Switzerland: Zwingli and Calvin, Pt. 1 — 11:12
19. 19 - Bk. III, Ch. 12: The Reformation in Switzerland: Zwingli and Calvin, Pt. 2 — 16:01
20. 20 - Bk. III, Ch. 12: The Reformation in England and Scotland, Pt. 1 — 22:51
21. 21 - Bk. III, Ch. 12: The Reformation in England and Scotland, Pt. 2 — 16:41
22. 22 - Bk. III, Ch. 13: The Reformation in Northern Europe — 15:34
23. 23 - Bk. IV: The Catholic Reaction, Ch. 15: The Counter-Reformation, Pt. 1 — 17:38
24. 24 - Bk. IV: The Catholic Reaction, Ch. 15: The Counter-Reformation, Pt. 2 — 18:09

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