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
• 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
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni