Excerpt from The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century in Its Relation to Modern Thought and Knowledge: Lectures The hibbert lectures out of which this volume has been condensed were delivered by Dr. Charles Beard in the spring of 1883. They were the sixth of a yearly series of Lectures arranged by the Hibbert Trustees and delivered by men of European reputation. Dr. Beard had been preceded by such men as Max Muller, Ernest Renan, and Professor Kusmen. The question may naturally be asked why this particular, series of lectures has been chosen for republication in a sixpenny edition. There are three good reasons for so doing. First, Dr. Beard was by general admission profoundly versed in his subject and united with his great learning a very unusual charm and mastery of style. 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.