Reformation and the German Territorial State (eBook)

Upper Franconia, 1300-1630

William Bradford Smith (Autor)

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2008
298 Seiten
Boydell & Brewer Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-58046-749-0 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Inhalt

Territory and Community
Rebellion, Representation, and Reform
"Lord in Our Own House"
Reformation and Revolution
The Limits of Obedience
A Plague of Preachers
Orthodoxy and Order
The Christian Commune
Cuius Regio?
The Stool of Wickedness

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.5.2008
• Reihe/Serie: Changing Perspectives on Early Modern Europe
• Reihe/Serie: Changing Perspectives on Early Modern Europe
• Zusatzinfo: 3 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Rochester
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
• Schlagworte: Catholic Reformation • Church and State • Diocese • German History • Medieval Germany • Middle Ages • Political Science • Protestant Reformation • religion and classics • Religion and Politics • religious reformation • Religious Studies
• ISBN-10: 1-58046-749-0 / 1580467490
• ISBN-13: 978-1-58046-749-0 / 9781580467490