Numerous historical studies use the term "community'" to express or
comment on social relationships within geographic, religious,
political, social, or literary settings, yet this volume is the
first systematic attempt to collect together important examples of
this varied work in order to draw comparisons and conclusions about
the definition of community across early modern Europe. Offering a
variety of historical and theoretical approaches, the sixteen
original essays in this collection survey major regions of Western
Europe, including France, Geneva, the German Lands, Italy and the
Spanish Empire, the Netherlands, England, and Scotland.
Complementing the regional diversity is a broad spectrum of
religious confessions: Roman Catholic communities in France, Italy,
and Germany; Reformed churches in France, Geneva, and Scotland;
Lutheran communities in Germany; Mennonites in Germany and the
Netherlands; English Anglicans; Jews in Germany, Italy, and the
Netherlands; and Muslim converts returning to Christian England.
This volume illuminates the variety of ways in which communities
were defined and operated across early modern Europe: as imposed by
community leaders or negotiated across society; as defined by
belief, behavior, and memory; as marked by rigid boundaries and
conflict or by flexibility and change; as shaped by art, ritual,
charity, or devotional practices; and as characterized by the
contending or overlapping boundaries of family, religion, and
politics. Taken together, these chapters demonstrate the complex
and changeable nature of community in an era more often
characterized as a time of stark certainties and inflexibility. As
a result, the volume contributes a vital resource to the ongoing
efforts of scholars to understand the creation and perpetuation of
communities and the significance of community definition for early
modern Europeans.
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