Voices of the Renaissance and Reformation: Primary Source Documents - Paperback

by Robert G. Shearer (Author)

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

Author Biography

Robert G. Shearer is the husband of Cyndy Shearer, the proud father of 11 children, an Elder at Abundant Life Church, Director of the Francis Schaeffer Study Center, co-founder and publisher of Greenleaf Press. He has been a college professor, marketing VP for a regional Coca-Cola bottler, senior analyst for a demographic consulting firm, executive vice president of a research firm providing strategic planning services for hospitals, a publisher, an author, and a small business owner. Rob holds an MA in History and Humanities from Stanford University and an A.B. in History from Davidson College. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Germany in 1979-1980.