Obedient Heretics - Mennonite Identities in Lutheran Hamburg and Altona During the Confessional Age

The Reformation's legacy, religious identities and the history of minority communities are all subjects of growing importance in Reformation studies and are addressed in this case study of the Netherlandic Mennonite community living in and around Hamburg after the Thirty Years War.

List of contents

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Confessional migration: the dispersion of Anabaptists to Northern Germany; The short-lived ceremonialism of the Dompelaars; The confessionalist strategy of Flemish leaders; Mennonite confessionalization and beyond: polemics and the articulation of a conformist ideology; A conformist brand of nonresistance: controversies and silences; The nonswearing of solemn oaths: official accounts versus everyday behaviours; Mixed marriages and social change; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Michael D. Driedger

Product details

• Authors: Michael D Driedger, Michael D. Driedger, Michael D. iedger
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.01.2002
• EAN: 9780754602927
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-0292-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 600 g
• Series: St Andrews Studies in Reformation History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Europe, European History, RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations, CE period up to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Other Nonconformist & Evangelical Churches, Other Nonconformist and Evangelical Churches