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Current scholarship continues to emphasise both the importance and
the sheer diversity of religious beliefs within early modern
societies. Furthermore, it continues to show that, despite the
wishes of secular and religious leaders, confessional uniformity
was in many cases impossible to enforce. As the essays in this
collection make clear, many people in Reformation Europe were
forced to confront the reality of divided religious loyalties, and
this raised issues such as the means of accommodating religious
minorities who refused to conform and the methods of living in
communion with those of different faiths. Drawing together a number
of case studies from diverse parts of Europe, Living with Religious
Diversity in Early Modern Europe explores the processes involved
when groups of differing confessions had to live in close proximity
- sometimes grudgingly, but often with a benign pragmatism that
stood in opposition to the will of their rulers. By focussing on
these themes, the volume bridges the gap between our understanding
of the confessional developments as they were conceived as
normative visions and religious culture at the level of
implementation. The contributions thus measure the religious
policies articulated by secular and ecclesiastical elites against
the 'lived experience' of people going about their daily business.
In doing this, the collection shows how people perceived and
experienced the religious upheavals of the confessional age and how
they were able to assimilate these changes within the framework of
their lives.
Interpreting Early Modern Europe is a comprehensive collection of
essays on the historiography of the early modern period (circa
1450-1800). Concerned with the principles, priorities, theories,
and narratives behind the writing of early modern history, the book
places particular emphasis on developments in recent scholarship.
Each chapter, written by a prominent historian caught up in the
debates, is devoted to the varieties of interpretation relating to
a specific theme or field considered integral to understanding the
age, providing readers with a 'behind-the-scenes' look at how
historians have worked, and still work, within these fields. At one
level the emphasis is historiographical, with the essays engaged in
a direct dialogue with the influential theories, methods,
assumptions, and conclusions in each of the fields. At another
level the contributions emphasise the historical dimensions of
interpretation, providing readers with surveys of the component
parts that make up the modern narratives. Supported by extensive
bibliographies, primary materials, and appendices with extracts
from key secondary debates, Interpreting Early Modern Europe
provides a systematic exploration of how historians have shaped the
study of the early modern past. It is essential reading for
students of early modern history. For a comprehensive overview of
the history of early modern Europe see the partnering volume The
European World 3ed Edited by Beat Kumin -
https://www.routledge.com/The-European-World-15001800-An-Introduction-to-Early-Modern-History/Kuminah2/p/book/9781138119154.
Interpreting Early Modern Europe is a comprehensive collection of
essays on the historiography of the early modern period (circa
1450-1800). Concerned with the principles, priorities, theories,
and narratives behind the writing of early modern history, the book
places particular emphasis on developments in recent scholarship.
Each chapter, written by a prominent historian caught up in the
debates, is devoted to the varieties of interpretation relating to
a specific theme or field considered integral to understanding the
age, providing readers with a 'behind-the-scenes' look at how
historians have worked, and still work, within these fields. At one
level the emphasis is historiographical, with the essays engaged in
a direct dialogue with the influential theories, methods,
assumptions, and conclusions in each of the fields. At another
level the contributions emphasise the historical dimensions of
interpretation, providing readers with surveys of the component
parts that make up the modern narratives. Supported by extensive
bibliographies, primary materials, and appendices with extracts
from key secondary debates, Interpreting Early Modern Europe
provides a systematic exploration of how historians have shaped the
study of the early modern past. It is essential reading for
students of early modern history. For a comprehensive overview of
the history of early modern Europe see the partnering volume The
European World 3ed Edited by Beat Kumin -
https://www.routledge.com/The-European-World-15001800-An-Introduction-to-Early-Modern-History/Kuminah2/p/book/9781138119154.
The years 1450-1650 were a momentous period for the development of
Christianity. They witnessed the age of Reformation and
Counter-Reformation: perhaps the most important era for the shaping
of the faith since its foundation. C Scott Dixon explores how the
ideas that went into the making of early modern Christianity
re-oriented the Church to such an extent that they gave rise to new
versions of the religion. He shows how the varieties and
ambivalences of late medieval theology were now replaced by
dogmatic certainties, where the institutions of Christian churches
became more effective and 'modern', staffed by well-trained clergy.
Tracing these changes from the fall of Constantinople to the end of
the Thirty Years' War, and treating the High Renaissance and the
Reformation as part of the same overall narrative, the author
offers an integrated approach to widely different national, social
and cultural histories. Moving beyond Protestant and Catholic
conflicts, he contrasts Western Christianity with Eastern
Orthodoxy, and examines the Church's response to fears of Ottoman
domination.
This book examines the relationship between the Reformation movement of the sixteenth century and the rural population of Germany. Over ninety percent of the population lived in the countryside, and yet to date they have received scant attention. The experience of the Reformation by the average villager is described, and an attempt is made to understand the villagers on their own terms: their beliefs, their customs, and their forms of rule. The result is an original work that both examines an important event such as the Reformation and judges it by the standards (and often the words) of the people themselves.
What was the effect of the Reformation movement on the parishioners
of the German countryside? This book examines the reform movement
at the level of its implementation - the rural parish.
Investigation of the Reformation and the sixteenth-century parish
reveals the strength of tradition and custom in village life and
how this parish culture obstructed and frustrated the efforts of
the Lutheran reformers. The Reformation was not passively adopted
by the rural inhabitants. On the contrary, the parishioners
manipulated the reform movement to serve their own ends. Parish
documentation reveals that the system of parish rule diffused the
disciplinary aims of the church and rendered the pastors impotent.
A look at parish beliefs suggests that the nature of parish thought
worked to undermine the main tenets of the Lutheran faith, and that
the legacy of the Reformation was a dialogue between these two
realms of experience.
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