Calvinists and Catholics During Holland''s Golden Age - Heretics and Idolaters

Informationen zum Autor Christine Kooi is Associate Professor in the Department of History at Louisiana State University. She is the author of Liberty and Religion: Church and State in Leiden's Reformation, 1572–1620 (2000) and her articles have appeared in numerous journals including the Sixteenth Century Journal and Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte. Klappentext This book examines the social, political and religious relationships between Calvinists and Catholics during Holland's Golden Age. Zusammenfassung This book examines the social! political and religious relationships between Calvinists and Catholics during Holland's Golden Age. It argues that coexistence between Calvinists and Catholics operated within a number of contiguous and overlapping social! political and cultural spaces! resulting in a paradox: a society that was at once Calvinist and pluralist. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. War and peace; 2. Priests and preachers; 3. Persecution and toleration; 4. Converts and apostates; 5. Kith and kin; Conclusion.

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• Authors: Christine Kooi, Christine (Louisiana State University) Kooi, Kooi Christine
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2012
• EAN: 9781107023246
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02324-6
• No. of pages: 258
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Presbyterian, RELIGION / Christianity / Calvinist, Netherlands, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, Calvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian Churches, Calvinist, Reformed and Presbyterian Churches