A phrase used to designate a Christian faction during the Protestant Reformation that was considered more extreme in its beliefs and actions than the primary Protestant Reformers. Radical ...

The Protestant Reformation had been under way in Germany ... particularly the destruction of religious icons such as that at Penrhys and the suppression of centres of pilgrimage.

Any student of the Protestant Reformation will be intimately familiar with the likes of Luther and Melanchthon, both of whom spearheaded the reforms in the western church in the first half of the ...