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Piety and Politics - Religion and the Rise of Absolutism in England, Wurttemberg and Prussia (Paperback)
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Piety and Politics - Religion and the Rise of Absolutism in England, Wurttemberg and Prussia (Paperback)
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In the context of continuing debates over Protestantism, capitalism
and the absolutist state, this book presents a fresh historical and
theoretical analysis of religion and politics in early modern
Europe. The author undertakes a systematic comparative-historical
analysis of the very different contributions made by the Puritan
and Pietist movements to the success or failure of absolutist rule
in England, Wurttemberg and Prussia. While Puritans and Pietists
shared similar religious ideas, aspirations and ethos, they
developed quite different political attitudes and alliances in each
case. English Puritans made a crucial contribution to the overthrow
of attempted absolutism, as the English Revolution helped ensure
the further development of parliamentary rule. Pietists in
Wurttemberg shared the anti-absolutist attitudes of the English
Puritans, yet tended to remain politically passive in the
constitutional struggles against absolutism. And in complete
contrast, Pietists in Prussia made a vital positive contribution to
the successful establishment of the militaristic, bureaucratic
Prussian absolutist state.
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