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This book explores how Catholic priests and laypeople cooperated and managed to survive the Reformed regime by participating in a communal process of delimiting the public, continuing to rely on the medieval legacy and adapting to early modern religious diversity.
List of contents
Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, Note on References, Introduction, Part I. Reformed Governing Strategies, 1. Repression: Dynamics of Anti-Catholicism, 2. Toleration: Limited Recognition and Connivance, Part II. Catholic Survival Tactics, 3. Foundational Infrastructure: Social Status and Networks, 4. Spatial Practices: The Making of the Urban Landscape of Coexistence, 5. Discourses of Self-Representation: Public, Private and Conscience, Conclusion, Appendices, Bibliography, Archival Primary Sources (Het Utrechts Archief [HUA]), Published Primary Sources, Secondary Literature
About the author
Genji Yasuhira is a senior lecturer at Kyoto University, Japan. In 2019 he earned his PhD with distinction from Tilburg University, the Netherlands. Prior to his appointment at Kyoto University in 2023, he held a position as Cross-border Postdoctoral Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
