We know very little of the life of Johann Sleidan. What little biographical knowledge there is has been succinctly presented by the author. Those interested in a more thorough presentation of this man and his work, who normally rates no more than a foot-note in most books, will find Vogelstein's work of great use. The Sixteenth Century Journal ...Sleidan's Commentaries provided the stimulus and basis for subsequent writing on the Reformation until the nineteenth century...its reappraisal of the methods and influence of Sleidan will be of great value to those interested in its historiography. English Historical Review ...Sleidan's Commentaries provided the stimulus and basis for subsequent writing on the Reformation until the nineteenth century...its reappraisal of the methods and influence of Sleidan will be of great value to those interested in its historiography. English Historical Review We know very little of the life of Johann Sleidan. What little biographical knowledge there is has been succinctly presented by the author. Those interested in a more thorough presentation of this man and his work, who normally rates no more than a foot-note in most books, will find Vogelstein's work of great use. The Sixteenth Century Journal

We know very little of the life of Johann Sleidan. What little biographical knowledge there is has been succinctly presented by the author. Those interested in a more thorough presentation of this man and his work, who normally rates no more than a foot-note in most books, will find Vogelstein's work of great use. The Sixteenth Century Journal ...Sleidan's Commentaries provided the stimulus and basis for subsequent writing on the Reformation until the nineteenth century...its reappraisal of the methods and influence of Sleidan will be of great value to those interested in its historiography. English Historical Review ...Sleidan's Commentaries provided the stimulus and basis for subsequent writing on the Reformation until the nineteenth century...its reappraisal of the methods and influence of Sleidan will be of great value to those interested in its historiography. English Historical Review We know very little of the life of Johann Sleidan. What little biographical knowledge there is has been succinctly presented by the author. Those interested in a more thorough presentation of this man and his work, who normally rates no more than a foot-note in most books, will find Vogelstein's work of great use. The Sixteenth Century Journal