Anyone reading about reformations? Machiavelli, next year’s study
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It looks like I’m only going to read two more books this year for my Erasmus-Luther study, once I’m done with Erasmus on the New Testament, Sider. Those two books will be Letters of Spiritual Counsel and On the Jews and Their Lies, both by Luther. On the Jews and Their Lies is in a copyright free edition.
It looks like I should be able to do that, and on January 1st I’ll start my Machiavelli and the Florentine Republic study. I’m determined to start my study for next year on time, even though I’d like to read 2 more biographies on Erasmus and Luther - Erasmus, Man of Letters by Lisa Jardine and Luther: Man between God and the Devil, by Heiko Oberman. I suppose that will be for another time. (If others have read these, please post here about it.)
The first book in the Machiavelli study will be The Crisis of the Early Italian Renaissance by Hans Baron. This book was not only influential as to how it portrayed the Renaissance Era but also how history itself was, or even is, conducted. It’s a little older book, however, 1955, and may be a little obscure in parts, but it should be a good introduction to the era and prelude to our study.
I hope that someone will join me next year on at least one book title. They are all listed in the post here about “My Machiavelli and Florentine Republic Year, 2024.” I know most of you are more interested in church or religious history, but Florence was the beginning of the rise of modern Europe and had a lot to do with the Reformation Era, as well.
Otherwise, feel free to post here, if you are reading about the Reformations in Europe. It will help to keep the target of Reformation Era history and literature in mind as we take this detour into the Renaissance.
It looks like I should be able to do that, and on January 1st I’ll start my Machiavelli and the Florentine Republic study. I’m determined to start my study for next year on time, even though I’d like to read 2 more biographies on Erasmus and Luther - Erasmus, Man of Letters by Lisa Jardine and Luther: Man between God and the Devil, by Heiko Oberman. I suppose that will be for another time. (If others have read these, please post here about it.)
The first book in the Machiavelli study will be The Crisis of the Early Italian Renaissance by Hans Baron. This book was not only influential as to how it portrayed the Renaissance Era but also how history itself was, or even is, conducted. It’s a little older book, however, 1955, and may be a little obscure in parts, but it should be a good introduction to the era and prelude to our study.
I hope that someone will join me next year on at least one book title. They are all listed in the post here about “My Machiavelli and Florentine Republic Year, 2024.” I know most of you are more interested in church or religious history, but Florence was the beginning of the rise of modern Europe and had a lot to do with the Reformation Era, as well.
Otherwise, feel free to post here, if you are reading about the Reformations in Europe. It will help to keep the target of Reformation Era history and literature in mind as we take this detour into the Renaissance.
