Ann Blair

Reading the Reformation

History & Biography

“This richly researched study offers a fascinating new perspective on major figures like Luther, Bucer, and Calvin and on the clerical synods that shaped the Reformation. How did the reformers produce so much writing—notes, sermons, treatises, and vast quantities of letters—while also managing new churches? They depended on many text-making experts: printers, copyists, and assistants who were equally dedicated to the cause but have largely been left out of accounts of the Reformation—until now.”