Switzerland at the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Switzerland at the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century This study was originally written as an introduction to the biography of Zwingli by Professor Samuel Macauley Jackson, in his series of Heroes of the Reformation. In the preparation more materials were collected than could be used in a chapter intended primarily for the general reader, consequently it seemed to be advisable to bring for ward the subject again with additional citations of sources and with further indications of the problems involved. The courtesy of the former editor and publishers is grate fully acknowledged. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.