Apocalypse Then: When The World Didn’t End
Despite the religious rupture caused by the Reformation, fear of the Apocalypse remained common to both sides of western Christendom. But older, classical ideas of an eternal return were at work, too.
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How one of the greatest advances in human culture also helped divide Christendom.
The Ascension
A master of the early Renaissance depicts the moment that Christians regard as the confirmation of Jesus’ divinity.
The Invention of Individual Freedom
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Martin Luther and the German Reformation
A comprehensive account of the man who split western Christendom for good.
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John Keble dies in Bournemouth
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Death of King Ethelbert of Kent
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