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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Main Author: Fisher, Alexander 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc. 2022
In: 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