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Religion and Superstition in Reformation Europe (Paperback, 1994)
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Religion and Superstition in Reformation Europe (Paperback, 1994)
Series: Studies in Early Modern European History
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What, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, was
'superstition'? Where might it be found, and how might it be
countered? How was the term used, and how effective a weapon was it
in the assault on traditional religion?. The ease with which
accusations of 'superstition' slipped into the language of
Reformation debate has ensured that one of the most fought over
terms in the history of early modern popular culture, especially
religious culture, is also one of the most difficult to define.
Offers a novel approach to the issue, based upon national and
regional studies, and examinations of attitudes to prophets,
ghosts, saints and demonology, alongside an analysis of Catholic
responses to the Reformation and the apparent presence of
'superstition' in the reformed churches. Challenges the assumptions
that Catholic piety was innately superstitious, while Protestantism
was rational, and suggests that the early modern concept of
'superstition' needs more careful treatment by historians. Demands
that the terminology and presuppositions of historical discourse on
the Reformation be altered to remove lingering sectarian polemic.
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