Reformation: Europe's Holy War

Reformation: Europe's Holy War

2017 · 60 min · ★ 8.0 · Documentary, History

Historian David Starkey tells the story of the Protestant Reformation and how it transformed the face of modern Europe, unleashing fundamentalism, terror and religious violence.

Directed by Alexander Leith

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