The Convent of Wesel: the event that never was and the invention of tradition
The Convent of Wesel was long believed to be a clandestine assembly of Protestant leaders in 1568 that helped establish foundations for Reformed churches in the Dutch Republic and northwest Germany. However, Jesse Spohnholz shows that that event did not happen, but was an idea created and perpetuate...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2017.
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Further subjects: | B
Reformation ; Netherlands
B Germany Church history, 16th century B Reformation ; Germany B Reformation (Netherlands) B Germany Church history 16th century B Reformation Germany B Netherlands Church history 16th century B Netherlands ; Church history ; 16th century B Netherlands Church history, 16th century B Reformation (Germany) B Reformation Netherlands B Germany ; Church history ; 16th century |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781107193116 |
| Summary: | The Convent of Wesel was long believed to be a clandestine assembly of Protestant leaders in 1568 that helped establish foundations for Reformed churches in the Dutch Republic and northwest Germany. However, Jesse Spohnholz shows that that event did not happen, but was an idea created and perpetuated by historians and record keepers since the 1600s. Appropriately, this book offers not just a fascinating snapshot of Reformation history but a reflection on the nature of historical inquiry itself. The Convent of Wesel begins with a detailed microhistory that unravels the mystery and then traces knowledge about the document at the centre of the mystery over four and a half centuries, through historical writing, archiving and centenary commemorations. Spohnholz reveals how historians can inadvertently align themselves with protagonists in the debates they study and thus replicate errors that conceal the dynamic complexity of the past. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Sep 2017) |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 283 pages), digital, PDF file(s). |
| ISBN: | 978-1-108-14049-2 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781108140492 |
