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Between opposition and collaboration : nobles, bishops, and the German Reformations in the prince-bishopric of Bamberg, 1555-1619 / by Richard J. Ninness.
Van Pelt Library BR857.B33 N56 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ninness, Richard J.
- Series:
- Studies in Central European histories ; v. 53.
- Studies in Central European histories, 1547-1217 ; v. 53
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Knights and knighthood.
- History.
- Church and state.
- Counter-Reformation.
- Reformation.
- Bamberg (Ecclesiastical principality)--Church history.
- Bamberg (Ecclesiastical principality).
- Reformation--Germany--Bamberg (Ecclesiastical principality).
- Counter-Reformation--Germany--Bamberg (Ecclesiastical principality).
- Church and state--Germany--Bamberg (Ecclesiastical principality)--History.
- Knights and knighthood--Germany--Bamberg (Ecclesiastical principality)--History.
- Germany.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 224 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
- Summary:
- In this well-researched study, the makeup and administration of the powerful cathedral chapter in the early modern city of Bamberg is described with attention to the noble affiliations of the members, the routine practice of sending Lutheran noble boys to be educated and serve at the (Catholic) cathedral chapter, the complex and changing relationship of the prince-bishop and imperial knights, and the reasons and actual practice of sharing power between Catholic and Lutheran nobles. The twin issues of religion and power are tracked, as Ninness (Touro College, NY) traces the history of the imperial knights, individual instances of religious division and controversy, and the steps taken between the knights and prince-bishop regarding religious practice. Ninness adapted this study from his doctoral dissertation (at U. of Pennsylvania). Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Lay of the land
- The Protestant Reformation and aristocratic control of Bamberg
- The aristocratic church and resistance to reform
- Protestant officials as agents of the Counter-Reformation
- The Counter-Reformation and the alienation of the imperial knights, 1594-1599
- Confession and the limits of cooperation
- Conclusion : the prince-bishopric of Bamberg and the imperial knights.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789004201545
- 9004201548
- OCLC:
- 733546875
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