The Reformation: towards a new history

"This book brings together two histories, of the Encounter between Europe and the western hemisphere that began in 1492 and the fragmentation of European Christendom in the sixteenth century, to recast the story of the Reformation. It restores to the polemics - 'idolatry', 'true...

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Auteur principal: Wandel, Lee Palmer 1954- (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge University Press 2011
Dans:Année: 2011
Recensions:[Rezension von: Wandel, Lee Palmer, The Reformation: Towards a New History] (2012) (Amos, N. S.)
Édition:1. publ.
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Réforme protestante
Sujets non-standardisés:B Church History 16th century
B Réforme protestante
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Résumé:"This book brings together two histories, of the Encounter between Europe and the western hemisphere that began in 1492 and the fragmentation of European Christendom in the sixteenth century, to recast the story of the Reformation. It restores to the polemics - 'idolatry', 'true Christian', 'barbarian' - their deeply divisive force, even as it helps us to see past those polemics to divergent understandings of divinity, matter, and human nature. Every aspect of human life, from marriage and family through politics to conceptualizations of space and time was called into question. Debates on human nature and conversion forged new understandings of religious identity. Divergent understandings of human nature and its relationship to the material world divided Europeans on the nature and function of images and ritual. By the end of the century, there was not one 'Christian religion', but multiple understandings of person, matter, space, time - and of 'religion' itself"--Provided by publisher
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0521717973