Religious Toleration and Social Change in Hamburg, 1529-1819

Zusammenfassung This study of the Lutheran Imperial City of Hamburg throws new light on the history of religious toleration. It reveals the relationship between high theoretical principles and practical problems of society and politics in Germany in the three centuries after the Reformation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Abbreviations; illustrations; Introduction; 1. The struggle for political stability and purity of belief: Hamburg from Reformation to French Revolution; 2. The politics of toleration: the catholic community; 3. The limits of toleration: Sephardim and Ashkenazim; 4. The growth of toleration: the calvinist communities; 5. Patriotism versus Orthodoxy: the struggle for limited religious freedom, 1760-85; 6. The image of the city: the search for a tolerant society in early modern Hamburg; 7. The aftermath; Bibliography; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Whaley Joachim, Joachim Whaley, Whaley Joachim
• Con la collaborazione di: John Elliott (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 18.07.2002
• EAN: 9780521528726
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52872-6
• Pagine: 264
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1700 To C 1800