The Making of the Reformation: The Early Urban Reformation Between Continuity and Change
While recent scholarship has highlighted various theological, social, and cultural continuities from the Middle Ages to the Reformation, the emergence of early urban Reformations still seems surprising and sudden. Focusing on the case of the electoral city of Wittenberg, this paper discusses element...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2017]
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Reformation & Renaissance review
Year: 2017, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 30-49 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KBB German language area KDB Roman Catholic Church KDD Protestant Church RB Church office; congregation SA Church law; state-church law |
| Further subjects: | B
continuity and change
B Wittenberg B Memory B Reformation B Archives |
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| Summary: | While recent scholarship has highlighted various theological, social, and cultural continuities from the Middle Ages to the Reformation, the emergence of early urban Reformations still seems surprising and sudden. Focusing on the case of the electoral city of Wittenberg, this paper discusses elements of continuity and change in the early urban Reformation. It argues that the emergence of the Reformation can only be understood within the long-term social and political contexts of the city’s history. The historical record indicates that the negotiation of religious authority was a continuous theme expressed in repeated social and political conflicts; attitudes and mindsets changed only gradually, creating a sense of cultural continuity that contradicts the traditional idea of violent, rapid change. The narrative of change emerged only later as a result of archiving and collecting strategies, which shaped the collective memory and historical knowledge of subsequent generations. |
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| ISSN: | 1462-2459 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Reformation & Renaissance review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14622459.2016.1275372 |