by Hilaire Belloc · Image · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9785910122059
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«Characters of the Reformation» is the historical essay by Hilaire Belloc, published by Image in paperback, in English.
The work brings together 23 portraits of key figures of the Reformation, including Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I, Thomas More, Calvin, Cranmer and Mary Tudor. Belloc examines their virtues and failures, their motivations and errors, and shows how small, seemingly irrelevant details changed the course of history.
Work originally published in 1936; this Image paperback edition dates from 1958. The book falls within the categories of History and biography.
Work of interest to readers of Church history and the Reformation period, especially from a Catholic perspective.
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was a French-English writer and political activist. Belloc was considered one of the most versatile authors of the 20th century, producing essays on history, politics and economics as well as poetry, travelogues and satire. His Catholicism had a strong effect on his works.
