"Here the Reformation happenings can be savored at first hand. Selected contemporary sources, concentrating on ecclesiastical developments which emphasize central events and persons, are brought together by Hillerbrand to form a well-balanced account of the Reformation. Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, John Knox, and Thomas Cranmer loom large in this book, as they did to their contemporaries. The radical reform movements and the Roman Catholic response and renewal are given adequate space. Hiller-brand's bibliographies, notes, and references at the end of the chapters are very helpful. The illustrations, some sixty in number, add greatly to the fascination of the volume." CARL S. MEYER. Concordia Seminary, St. Louis