Indulgences after Luther : Pardons in Counter-Reformation France, 1520-1720 (Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World)

Indulgences have been synonymous with corruption in the Catholic Church ever since Martin Luther nailed his ninety-five theses to the church door in Wittenberg in 1517. Tingle explores the nature and evolution of indulgences in the Counter Reformation and how they were used as a powerful tool of personal and institutional reform.