Includes bibliographical references (p. 467-479) and index.

Chapter 1. -- The Setting -- The Intellectual Atmosphere -- Erasmus and Reform -- Church and Religion -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2. -- The Luther Affair -- The Wild Boar in the Vineyard -- Chapter 3. -- The Beginnings of the Movement of Reform -- The Aftermath of Worms -- Reform Institutionalized -- The Nature of the Change -- The Response -- Chapter 4. -- The Division -- Huldrych Zwingli and Reform in Switzerland -- Reform in Zurich -- Chapter 5. -- The Emergence of Alternate Visions of Reform -- The Reform Disintegrates -- Anabaptism -- The Hutterite Experiment -- Protestant Spiritualism -- The Antitrinitarian Dissent -- Chapter 6. -- Consolidation in Germany -- The Uprisings of 1524-1525 -- Theological Alienation -- The Reformation in the Cities -- Chapter 7. -- The Reformation Consolidated : Speyer, 1526 -- Reversal and Protest: Speyer, 1529 -- Augsburg, 1530 -- The League of Schmalkald -- Political Crisis in Switzerland -- The Institutionalization of a New Church -- Continued Protestant Expansion: Cities and Territories -- The Road to War -- The War -- Uneasy Peace and Final Decision -- Lutheran Turmoil -- Chapter 8. -- The Reformation in England -- The King's Great Matter -- The Reformation Enforced -- The Edwardian Revolution -- The Marian Reaction -- The Elizabeth Settlement -- The Puritan Dissent -- The Close of the Reign -- Anglicanism Established -- Chapter 9. -- The Roman Catholic Church -- The Council of Trent -- Catholic Renewal and Counter-Reformation -- The Implementation of Tridentine Reform -- New Forms of Cahtolic Spirituality and Religious Life -- Chapter 10. -- John Calvin and the Reformed Tradition -- Calvin's Life -- Calvin and the Genevan Church, 1541-1564 -- Chapter 11. -- Changes in Europe -- France -- Scandinavia -- Scotland -- Eastern Europe -- Hungary -- The Low Countries -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12. -- The Protestant Vision: The Theologies -- Aftermath and Disagreements -- Chapter 13. -- Concluding Reflections -- Consequences -- The New Churches -- Church Life and Popular Religion -- Church and Society -- The Reformation and Women -- Politics -- The End of the Beginning: Confessionalization in Europe -- The Wider World -- Epilogue: Sixteenth Century Christianity in Historiography.