Reformation and Rural Society - The Parishes of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach, 1528-1603

Zusammenfassung This book examines the relationship between the Reformation movement of the sixteenth century and the rural population of Germany. The experience of the Reformation by the average villager is described! and an attempt is made to understand the villagers in their own terms: their beliefs! their customs! and their forms of rule. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The emergence and reception of the evangelical movement, 1521-1533; 2. The Lutheran church in Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach; 3. The clergyman in context: the extension of the Reformation on the parish; 4. The Reformation and parish morality; 5. The acculturation of the parish mind; Conclusions.

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• Authors: C. Scott Dixon, C. Scott (Queen's University Belfast) Dixon, C. Scott (Queen''s University Belfast) Dixon, C. Scott Dr Dixon, Dixon C. Scott
• Assisted by: John Elliott (Editor), Olwen Hufton (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.05.2002
• EAN: 9780521893213
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89321-3
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1700 To C 1800