Blog III part I

The Revolution of the Pamphleteers, more commonly known as The Reformation, was the culmination of increasing communication ability and societal unrest. The Reformation was lead by many people, the most well known being Martin Luther and Zwingli, in The Revolution of the Pamphleteers by Steven Ozment the lesser known pamphleteers and their opinions are discussed and brought to light. But Mr. Ozment does more than that, he depicts the writings of the time in a relatively clear light. He describes the religious reformation in a nearly true or objective light; this is something I value in historian’s writings. He brings up several very good questions, such as whether or not an egalitarian communal government was the goal of the Reformers or if that was the political dreams of the historians studying the Reformers. The way Mr. Ozment sets the “Revolution of the pamphleteers” it draws significant parallels to the early American political reformation movement. I would like read more of his work