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The most important and influential source of information about
Plymouth, this landmark account was written by the colony's
governor. It vividly documents the Pilgrims' first stop in Holland,
their harrowing transatlantic crossing, the first harsh winter in
the new land, and the help from Native Americans that saved their
lives.
A richly documented study of the interrelation between religious
reformation and territorial state-building in the German region of
upper Franconia from the later Middle Ages through the Confessional
era. Religious reform and the rise of the territorial state were
the central features of early modern German history. Reformation
and state-building, however, had a much longer history, beginning
in the later Middle Ages and continuingthrough the early modern
period. In this insightful new study, Smith explores the key
relationship between the rise of the territorial state and
religious upheavals of the age, centering his investigation on the
diocese of Bamberg in upper Franconia. During the Reformation, the
diocese was split in half: the parishes in the domains of the
Franconian Hohenzollerns became Lutheran; those under the secular
jurisdiction of the bishops of Bamberg remainedCatholic. Drawing
from a broad range of archival sources, Smith offers a compelling
look at the origins and course of Catholic and Protestant reform.
He examines the major religious crises of the period -- the Great
Schism, the Conciliar Movement, the Hussite War, the Peasant's War,
the Thirty Years' War, and the Witch Craze -- comparing their
impact on the two states and showing how events played out on the
local, territorial, and imperial stages. Careful analysis of the
sources reveals how religious beliefs shaped politics in the
emerging territorial principalities, explaining both the
similarities as well as the profound differences between Lutheran
and Catholic conceptions ofthe state. William Bradford Smith is
Professor of History at Oglethorpe University.
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