RT Book
T1 Reformation and the German territorial state: Upper Franconia, 1300-1630
A1 Smith, Wm
LA English
PP Suffolk
PB Boydell & Brewer
YR 2008
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/883299194
AB Religious reform and the rise of the territorial state were the central features of early modern German history. Reformation and state-building, however, had a much longer history, beginning in the later Middle Ages and continuing through the early modern period. In this insightful new study, Smith explores the key relationship between the rise of the territorial state and religious upheavals of the age, centering his investigation on the diocese of Bamberg in upper Franconia. During the Reformation, the diocese was split in half: the parishes in the domains of the Franconian Hohenzollerns became Lutheran; those under the secular jurisdiction of the bishops of Bamberg remained Catholic. Drawing from a broad range of archival sources, Smith offers a compelling look at the origins and course of Catholic and Protestant reform. He examines the major religious crises of the period - the Great Schism, the Conciliar Movement, the Hussite War, the Peasant's War, the Thirty Years' War, and the Witch Craze - comparing their impact on the two states and showing how events played out on the local, territorial, and imperial stages. Careful analysis of the sources reveals how religious beliefs shaped politics in the emerging territorial principalities, explaining both the similarities as well as the profound differences between Lutheran and Catholic conceptions of the state. William Bradford Smith is professor of history at Oglethorpe University.
AB Territory and community -- Rebellion, representation, and reform -- "Lord in our own house" -- Reformation and revolution -- The limits of obedience -- A plague of preachers -- Orthodoxy and order -- The Christian commune -- Cuius regio? -- The stool of wickedness
OP 280
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015)
CN BR857.F725
SN 978-1-58046-749-0
K1 Reformation : Germany : Franconia.
K1 Church and state : Germany : Franconia.
K1 Church and state : Germany : Franconia
K1 Reformation : Germany : Franconia
K1 Reformation ; Germany ; Franconia
K1 Church and state ; Germany ; Franconia
K1 Franconia (Germany) ; Church history
K1 Franconia (Germany) ; History
K1 Franconia (Germany) ; Politics and government
K1 Franconia (Germany) : Church history.
K1 Franconia (Germany) : History.
K1 Franconia (Germany) : Politics and government.
K1 Franconia (Germany) : Church history
K1 Franconia (Germany) : History
K1 Franconia (Germany) : Politics and government