RT Book
T1 The Convent of Wesel: the event that never was and the invention of tradition
A1 Spohnholz, Jesse 1974-
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2017
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1005464545
AB 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.
OP 283
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Sep 2017)
CN BR305.3
SN 978-1-108-14049-2
K1 Reformation : Germany.
K1 Reformation : Netherlands.
K1 Reformation : Netherlands
K1 Reformation : Germany
K1 Reformation ; Germany
K1 Reformation ; Netherlands
K1 Germany ; Church history ; 16th century
K1 Netherlands ; Church history ; 16th century
K1 Germany : Church history, 16th century.
K1 Netherlands : Church history, 16th century.
K1 Netherlands : Church history : 16th century
K1 Germany : Church history : 16th century
DO 10.1017/9781108140492