Enacting the Reformation in Germany - Essays on Institution and Reception

List of contents

Contents: Provisional Contents: Preface; The course of German history: the Lutheran interpretation; The image of Germany in the 16th century; The production of Johann Stumpf’s description of the Swiss Confederation; Protestant dogma and city government: the case of Nuremberg; The religious policies of Dukes Wilhelm IV and Ludwig X of Bavaria in the first decade of the Protestant era; Luther as Barabbas; The state of pedagogical theory c. 1530: what Protestant reformers knew about education; The social function of schools in the Lutheran Reformation in Germany; Liberal or illiberal arts?; Lutheranism and literacy: a reassessment; Success and failure in the German Reformation; The Reformation and its public in an age of orthodoxy; How to read a Volksbuch: the Faust book of 1587; Three kinds of Christian freedom: law, liberty, and license in the German Reformation; The dilemma of popular history; The idea of order in the German Reformation; Index.

Summary

Contains 16 essays and articles written over 16 years, which trace and analyze the social consequences of the German Reformation's salient ideas and positions. The text shows a society trying to understand the deep structural and mental changes brought on by Martin Luther's revolt against Rome.

Product details

• Authors: Gerald Strauss, Strauss Gerald
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780860783510
• ISBN: 978-0-86078-351-0
• No. of pages: 314
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Variorum Collected Studies; Variorum Collected Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, European History, Germany, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches, German History;Political Agendas;Religious Policies