Baptism, Brotherhood, and Belief in Reformation Germany - Anabaptism and Lutheranism, 1525-1585

Zusatztext Her book is exceptionally well informed, in short, an important and rich contribution to current research, not just on central German Anabaptism, but on the sixteenth-century Reformation in Germany more generally. Informationen zum Autor Kat Hill has been a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow at Oriel College, Oxford and recently became a Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of East Anglia. She completed her DPhil, supervised by Professor Lyndal Roper, in 2010 and her Masters in 2006, both at Balliol College, University of Oxford. She has published on the history of Anabaptism more broadly in the sixteenth-century, including a forthcoming article in Past and Present, and she is currently working on a project on Lutheran culture in the later sixteenth-century. Klappentext Deals with the historically neglected Anabaptist movement in Reformation Germany! exploring how ordinary Anabaptists interpreted and interacted with Lutheran theology and how their beliefs shaped religious identity in the Reformation era. Zusammenfassung Deals with the historically neglected Anabaptist movement in Reformation Germany, exploring how ordinary Anabaptists interpreted and interacted with Lutheran theology and how their beliefs shaped religious identity in the Reformation era. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Being an Anabaptist in Central Germany; 3 The Memory of the Peasants' War; 4 Believing in Baptism; 5 Consuming Christ; 6 Brothers and Sisters; 7 The Curious Case of Hans Thon; 8 Conclusion; Bibliography

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• Authors: Kat Hill, Kat (Lecturer in Early Modern History Hill
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.04.2015
• EAN: 9780198733546
• ISBN: 978-0-19-873354-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Oxford Historical Monographs; Oxford Historical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, European History, Germany, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, History of Religion, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Church history, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches