The primacy of the postils: Catholics, Protestants, and the dissemination of ideas in early modern Germany
Scholarship on the German Reformation has long equated preaching with Protestantism, just as many scholars have employed sermons but usually in supplemental and unsystematic ways. Based on an analysis of over 400 standard sermon collections (postils) produced by Catholics, Lutherans, and Calvinists...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
2010
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| In: | Year: 2010 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions
Volume 147 |
| Further subjects: | B
Germany
Church history 16th century
B Catholic Church Sermons History and criticism B Reformation (Germany) B Sermons (Germany) History and criticism |
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| Summary: | Scholarship on the German Reformation has long equated preaching with Protestantism, just as many scholars have employed sermons but usually in supplemental and unsystematic ways. Based on an analysis of over 400 standard sermon collections (postils) produced by Catholics, Lutherans, and Calvinists (1520-1620), this study offers the first comprehensive, systematic presentation of these works from a cross-confessional perspective. It lays to rest the notion that preaching was somehow distinctively Protestant while tracing the creation, production, use, and censorship of postils. These sermon co |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [559]-631) and index |
| ISBN: | 9004183604 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004180369.i-650 |