Brady's analyses are often profound, yet his text includes basic information for the nonspecialist.'Susan C. '… like no other history of the Holy Roman Empire … this book is interdisciplinary in the most judicious and fruitful ways. 'Brady's writing is gripping, his scholarship deeply erudite, and his arguments are strongly and persuasively presented …There is no one better to have filled this need than Brady.'H-German No other scholar could command a similar range and depth of scholarship, and combine it with a completely original, mature vision of the entire period 1400 to 1650.'Lyndal Roper, Balliol College, Oxford University This book is the summation of his life's work. Tom Brady is the foremost senior scholar of the Reformation, and he has devoted his career to reshaping the way German Reformation history is understood, by bringing social and political history to bear on a terrain that used to be primarily that of ecclesiastical history. 'This is a quite extraordinary manuscript one of those few books which can truly be termed a masterpiece. This masterful book is the new starting point for anyone seeking a fresh and up-to-date understanding of the Germanies, the reformations in religion, and the religious confessions linking the early modern and modern worlds … No one understands the volatile mix of politics, public life and religion better than Tom Brady.'Tom Robisheaux, Duke University 'A commanding and brilliant view of the Reformation era. And it is a story with a powerful narrative arc. 'This extraordinary book provides the reader with the best account of late medieval and early modern German history available in any language … This is a post-confessional history in which religion retains its centrality but not its polemical edge, a modern history that has been released from the shackles of modernization, and a history in which ordinary villagers and townsmen take their places in a story that was most often dictated by princes and nobles. Winner of the 2010 Sixteenth Century Society and Conference's Gerald Strauss Book Prize.Rests on a broad mastery of local and regional histories, which it unites through similarities rather than by resorting to an assumption of national destiny.Presents a new narrative through one of the most important events of German history, the splitting of the western Christian Church.Presents politics and religion as two inseparable, but not identical forces that shaped post-medieval German-speaking lands.Command mighty civilizations from across Europe and the Americas or jump to the battlefields of Asia and determine the outcomes of their struggles for power. Xbox Game Studios brings you three epic Age of Empires III games in one monumental collection for the first time. In Age of Empires® III: (2007), immerse yourself in the award-winning strategy experience. Experience two new game modes including all previously released expansions and 14 civilizations, plus two brand new civilizations – the Swedes and Inca. Command mighty civilizations from across Europe and the Americas or jump to the battlefields of Asia in stunning 4K Ultra HD graphics and with a fully enhanced soundtrack. This bundle includes the most recent Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, where you can relive all your favorite Age of Empires moments in fully-remastered glory, and the Age of Empires® III (2007) version.Īge of Empires III: Definitive Edition completes the celebration of one of the most beloved real-time strategy franchises in definitive form. Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition + Age of Empires® III (2007) bundles both versions of Age of Empires III at a 25% discount.
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