The Convent of Wesel was long believed to be a clandestine assembly
of Protestant leaders in 1568 that helped establish foundations for
Reformed churches in the Dutch Republic and northwest Germany.
However, Jesse Spohnholz shows that that event did not happen, but
was an idea created and perpetuated by historians and record
keepers since the 1600s. Appropriately, this book offers not just a
fascinating snapshot of Reformation history but a reflection on the
nature of historical inquiry itself. The Convent of Wesel begins
with a detailed microhistory that unravels the mystery and then
traces knowledge about the document at the centre of the mystery
over four and a half centuries, through historical writing,
archiving and centenary commemorations. Spohnholz reveals how
historians can inadvertently align themselves with protagonists in
the debates they study and thus replicate errors that conceal the
dynamic complexity of the past.
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