Hearing the Trumpets of the Church Militant: Weather Bells and Supernatural Audition in Post-Reformation Germany
In the charged religious context of post-Reformation Germany, debate ensued about the power of weather bells to disperse the thunderstorms traditionally thought to be the work of demons and witches. Catholics and Protestants alike inherited medieval notions of demonic agency in the atmosphere, but t...
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Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
2022
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2022, Volume: 53, Issue: 4, Pages: 915-942 |
IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBB German language area KDB Roman Catholic Church KDD Protestant Church NBH Angelology; demonology |
Further subjects: | B
church bells
B Protestants B Consecration B Catholics B Germany B Trumpet |