Calvinism and Religious Toleration in the Dutch Golden Age

Klappentext This 2002 collection of outstanding essays sheds new light on the paradox of the strictly Calvinist, yet tolerant, Dutch Republic in the Golden Age. Zusammenfassung Hsia and van Nierop have brought together an international group of leading historians to probe the history and myth of Dutch religious toleration. This 2002 collection of outstanding essays sheds new light on the paradox of the strictly Calvinist! yet tolerant! Dutch Republic in the Golden Age. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction R. Po-Chia Hsia; 2. 'Dutch' religious tolerance: celebration and revision Benjamin J. Kaplan; 3. Religious tolerance in the United Provinces: from 'case' to 'model' Willem Frijhoff; 4. The bond of Christian piety: the individual practice of tolerance in Golden Age Holland Judith Pollmann; 5. Religious policies in the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic Joke Spaans; 6. Paying off the sheriff: strategies of Catholic toleration in Golden Age Holland Christine Kooi; 7. Sewing the bailiff in a blanket: Catholics and the law in Holland Henk van Nierop; 8. Anabaptism and tolerance: possibilities and limitations Samme Zijlstra; 9. Jews and religious toleration in the Dutch Republic Peter van Rooden; 10. Religious toleration and radical philosophy in the later Dutch Golden Age Jonathan Israel; 11. The politics of intolerance: citizenship and religion in the Dutch Republic (17th-18th centuries) Maarten Prak.

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• Authors: R Po-Chia Hsia, R. Po Hsia, R. Po-chia Hsia, R. Po-Chia Nierop Hsia
• Assisted by: Van Nierop Henk (Editor), R. Po Hsia (Editor), R. Po-chia Hsia (Editor), Henk Van Nierop (Editor), Hsia R. Po-Chia (Editor), Henk van Nierop (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.12.2010
• EAN: 9780521173193
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17319-3
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; RELIGION / Christianity / Presbyterian, RELIGION / Christianity / Calvinist, Netherlands, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800, Calvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian Churches, Calvinist, Reformed and Presbyterian Churches