The Convent of Wesel - The Event that Never was and the Invention of Tradition

This book solves a centuries-old mystery from the Reformation that forces us to rethink how humans engage with the past.

List of contents

Introduction: the mystery of the Convent of Wesel; Part I. Solving the Mystery: 1. November 3, 1568: a moment of hope; 2. The author; 3. The signers; 4. The impact; Part II. Creating the Mystery: 5. The historical emplotment of the national Synod of Wesel, 1618-1768; 6. The Synod of Wesel in the age of romantic nationalism, 1815-1868; 7. The mystery of the Convent of Wesel, 1868-2000; Conclusion: inheritances.

About the author

Jesse Spohnholz is Associate Professor of History and the Director of the Roots of Contemporary Issues Program at Washington State University. He also holds a research post at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. His books include The Tactics of Toleration: A Refugee Community in the Age of Religious Wars (2011) and (co-edited), Archaeologies of Confession: Writing Histories of Religion in Germany, 1517–2017 (forthcoming) and Exile and Religious Identity, 1500–1800 (2014). He has been awarded the Gerald Strauss Book Prize, the Fritz Stern Prize in German History and the Harold J. Grimm Prize in Reformation Studies.

Product details

• Authors: Jesse Spohnholz
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.01.2020
• EAN: 9781316643549
• ISBN: 978-1-316-64354-9
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 450 g
• Illustrations: 13 b/w illus. 1 map, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Karten, Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Religion, Archaeology, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches