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Zusatztext 'Rein's book is a must read for religious historians and political theorists...' Religious Studies Review 'Overall! this is a must-read for students of German religious and political history in the mid-sixteenth century. The scope of the treatment goes well beyond the geographical or temporal limits described in the title: indeed! careful consideration of Rein's thesis may well force scholars to rethink some of the standard approaches to the history of Confessionalization and of the origins of modern theories of political resistance.' Catholic Historical Review '... [Rein] has crafted a book that will be equally useful to scholars and students both as a detailed analysis of the marriage between politics and religion in the Lutheran reformation and as an insightful introduction to the broader contours of contemporary research in sixteenth-century religious history. ... This book! then! besides being a welcome contribution to specialized Reformation history! is also potentially useful in the classroom.' Sixteenth Century Journal Informationen zum Autor Nathan Rein is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Ursinus College, USA. Klappentext The Chancery of God is the first English language study of the city of Magdeburg's resistance to Emperor Charles V's drive to consolidate Habsburg hegemony and reinstitute uniform Roman Catholic worship throughout Germany. The book offers an analysis of the flood of printed material published in Magdeburg during the crucial years of 1546-1551 articulating a broad spectrum of arguments for resistance. More than this, however, the pamphlets and broadsides suggest a coherent identity and worldview that is characteristically and self-consciously Protestant. Zusammenfassung Magdeburg, a protestant town offered resistance to Emperor Charles V's drive to consolidate Habsburg hegemony and reinstitute Roman Catholic worship throughout Germany. This book offers an analysis of Magdeburg's printed texts which present a spectrum of arguments for resistance and suggest a coherent identity and worldview that is Protestant. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction; Pamphlets and policy; 'German liberty'; 'God's Word, pure and clear': the interim controversy; Urban theology and the siegeworks; Religion and the 'Magdeburg worldview'; Afterword; Bibliography; Index....
