Books by Peter Marshall
Peter Marshall is a professor of history at the University of Warwick and one of the world’s leading scholars on the Reformation. His book, Heretics and Believers, was the winner of the prestigious Wolfson Prize for History in 2018. He is also a winner of the Harold J. Grimm Prize for Reformation History. He is co-editor of the English Historical Review, the oldest journal of historical scholarship in the English-speaking world.
Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation
by Peter Marshall
***Winner of the 2018 Wolfson History Prize***
“The Reformation isn’t just an affair of state. The population of England suffered greatly. He emphasises this point. It was a bloody process. 10,000 men died in 1549. Marshall points out that that was a huge proportion of the English population at the time. He argues convincingly that the Reformation was not just religious—though of course that was the theme that was trumpeted at the time—but it also involved a nation deeply divided and, as a result of different views of religion, radicalised..” Read more...
The Best History Books: the 2018 Wolfson Prize shortlist
Carole Hillenbrand, Theologians & Historians of Religion
Interviews with Peter Marshall
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Christianity In The West 1400-1700
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Salvation at Stake: Christian Martyrdom in Early Modern Europe
by Brad Gregory -
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Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet
by Lyndal Roper -
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The Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village
by Eamon Duffy -
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For The Sake Of Simple Folk: Popular Propaganda for the German Reformation
by R W Scribner
The best books on The Reformation, recommended by Peter Marshall
The best books on The Reformation, recommended by Peter Marshall
On October 31st 1517, Martin Luther, an unknown friar in an obscure town in eastern Germany may or may not have posted a list of complaints to the door of his local church. His actions would lead to what was later called ‘the Reformation’ — a grisly period in European history that nonetheless paved the way for a more tolerant and pluralistic society. Peter Marshall, one of the period’s leading scholars, talks us through the best books on the Reformation.
Interviews where books by Peter Marshall were recommended
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Out of China: How the Chinese Ended the Era of Western Domination
by Robert Bickers -
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The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
by Lindsey Fitzharris -
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A Deadly Legacy: German Jews and the Great War
by Tim Grady -
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Black Tudors: The Untold Story
by Miranda Kaufmann -
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Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation
by Peter Marshall -
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Heligoland: Britain, Germany, and the Struggle for the North Sea
by Jan Rüger
The Best History Books: the 2018 Wolfson Prize shortlist, recommended by Carole Hillenbrand
The Best History Books: the 2018 Wolfson Prize shortlist, recommended by Carole Hillenbrand
Which were the best history books published this past year? Each year, the UK’s Wolfson Prize tries to sort through the hundreds of history books that are published to find outstanding books that are both important and readable. Wolfson Prize judge Carole Hillenbrand introduces the six books that made 2018 shortlist.
