Magistrates, madonnas and miracles : the Counter Reformation in the Upper Palatinate / Trevor Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Trevor, 1961-2007.

Series:

St. Andrews studies in Reformation history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church.

Counter-Reformation--Germany--Oberpfalz.

Counter-Reformation.

Reformation--Germany--Oberpfalz.

Reformation.

Catholic Church--Germany--Oberpfalz--History--16th century.

Catholic Church--Germany--Oberpfalz--History--17th century.

History.

Oberpfalz (Germany)--Church history.

Oberpfalz (Germany).

Oberpfalz (Germany)--Religious life and customs.

Oberpfalz (Germany)--Social conditions--16th century.

Oberpfalz (Germany)--Social conditions--17th century.

Germany--Oberpfalz.

Physical Description:

xv, 354 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2009]

Contents:

pt. 1. The Palatinate deformed

Forges, fortresses and farms : the Obere Pfalz in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

A Protestant land, 1556-1621

pt. 2. The Palatinate informed

"The odious name of a reformation" : biconfessional discontents

"Wolves among the flock" : conversion, emigration, and resistance

"The salt of the earth" : clerical restoration and renewal

The return of the religious

pt. 3. The Palatinate reformed

Shaping a Catholic society

"Lest such devotion should fall into decline" : sacraments, sacramentals, and the sacred image

"All things to all" : reclaiming the saints

"Mountains of grace" : the sacred enshrined

The devil in the Oberpfalz.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780754664802

0754664805

OCLC:

276274631