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The Early Reformation in Germany - Between Secular Impact and Radical Vision (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The Early Reformation in Germany - Between Secular Impact and Radical Vision (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: St Andrews Studies in Reformation History
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Over the last twenty years research on the Reformation in Germany
has shifted both chronologically and thematically toward an
interest in the 'long' or 'delayed' Reformations, and the structure
and operation of the Holy Roman Empire. Whilst this focus has
resulted in many fascinating new insights, it has also led to the
relative neglect of the early Reformation movement. Put together
with the explicit purpose of encouraging scholars to reengage with
the early 'storm years' of the German Reformation, this collection
of eleven essays by Tom Scott, explores several issues in the
historiography of the early Reformation which have not been
adequately addressed. The debate over the nature and function of
anticlericalism remains unresolved; the mainsprings of iconoclasm
are still imperfectly understood; the ideological role of
evangelical doctrines in stimulating and legitimising popular
rebellion - above all in the German Peasants' War - remains
contentious, while the once uniform view of Anabaptism has given
way to a recognition of the plurality and diversity of religious
radicalism. Equally, there are questions which, initially broached,
have then been sidelined with undue haste: the failure of Reforming
movements in certain German cities, or the perception of what
constituted heresy in the eyes of the Reformers themselves, and not
least, the part played by women in the spread of evangelical
doctrines. Consisting of seven essays previously published in
scholarly journals and edited volumes, together with three new
chapters and an historical afterword, Scott's volume serves as a
timely reminder of the importance of the early decades of the
sixteenth century. By reopening seemingly closed issues and by
revisiting neglected topics the volume contributes to a more
nuanced understanding of what the Reformation in Germany entailed.
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