| A Companion to Multiconfessionalism in the Early Modern World Contributor(s): Safley, Thomas Max (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004206973 ISBN-13: 9789004206977 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $253.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - Social Science - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 274.06 |
| LCCN: 2011011505 |
| Series: Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.5" W x 9.6" (2.10 lbs) 512 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the sixteenth century, the Christian church and Christian worship fragmented into a multiplicity of confessions that has grown to the present day. The essays in this volume demonstrate that multiconfessionalism, understood as the legally recognized and politically supported coexistence of two or more confessions in a single polity, was the rule rather than the exception for most of early modern Europe. The contributors examine its causes and effects. They demonstrate that local religious groups across the continent could cooperate with confessional opponents and oppose political authorities to make decisions about their religious lives, depending on local conditions and contingencies. In so doing, this volume offers a new vision of religion, state, and society in early modern Europe. Contributors include: Bernard Capp, John R. D. Coffey, J r mie Foa, David Frick, Raymond Gillespie, Benjamin Kaplan, Howard Louthan, David Luebke, Keith Luria, Guido Marnef, Graeme Murdock, Richard Ninness, Penny Roberts, Jesse Spohnholz, Peter Wallace, Lee Palmer Wandel. |