Catholic Revival in the Age of the Baroque - Religious Identity in Soutwest Germany, 1550-1750

Klappentext A study of 'Catholic identity' in southwest Germany in the two centuries after the Reformation. Zusammenfassung Many studies of the subject of 'Catholic identity' seek to credit rulers and Church leaders with creating and enforcing religious identity in Germany 'from above'. In contrast! this study argues that there were important and specific local and religious reasons why people came to consider themselves loyal Catholics. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Counter-Reformation offensive, 1550-1650; 2. The sacral landscape and pilgrimage piety; 3. Religious practice; 4. Clericalism in the villages; 5. The communal church in German Catholicism; 6. Reformers and intermediaries, 1650-1750; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Marc R. Forster, Mark R. Forster
• Assisted by: Peter Baldwin (Editor), Christopher Clark (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.02.2001
• EAN: 9780521780445
• ISBN: 978-0-521-78044-5
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
• Series: New Studies in European Histor; New Studies in European Histor
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity