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u/BoboBrizinski · 2 pointsr/Christianity

This volume by Owen Chadwick may fit your bill in terms of page range.

Hillerbrand's a big name in Reformation studies. He wrote this ~500p. volume on the 16th century. His anthology of writings from the era is also very useful.

Diarmaid MacCulloch's the Reformation exceeds your page range (~800) but is very entertaining and gives a good overview of the world leading up to it. I think it's conceptually ambitious because it discusses the Reformation's effects on early Modernity in the 18th century.

On the other extreme of the page range (< 200 p.) is this Oxford Very Short Introduction by Peter Marshall. I like this series quite a bit, and I liked Marshall's emphasis on placing the Reformation in its political and social context.

If you want to focus on doctrine and theology, Jaroslav Pelikan's volume (~500pp) is highly acclaimed (along with his entire Christian Tradition series.)

u/[deleted] · 1 pointr/dancarlin

If you want a short introduction or a documentary its all up to you. But Luther is a 10 0000 word journey. A journey into a unique insight into the world that were before us, and indeed shaped the world that is today. Brand Luther is also a start.