Description: Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531) is not only Zurich's leading Protestant reformer and the father of the Swiss Reformation. Despite his short yet exceedingly eventful period of activity he can with good reason be described as a trailblazer and a pioneer of Reformed Protestantism worldwide. In this accessible and richly illustrated biography
Brief description: Peter Opitz, Dr. theol., Jahrgang 1957, ist Professor fur Kirchen- und Dogmengeschichte von der Reformation bis zur Gegenwart an der Theologischen Fakultat der Universitat Zurich und Leiter des Instituts fur Schweizerische Reformationsgeschichte.