Catholic revival in the age of the baroque : religious identity in southwest Germany, 1550-1750 / Marc R. Forster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forster, Marc R., author.

Series:

New studies in European history.

New studies in European history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Germany, Southern--History--16th century.

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--Germany, Southern--History--17th century.

Catholic Church--Germany, Southern--History--18th century.

Germany, Southern--Church history--16th century.

Germany, Southern.

Germany, Southern--Church history--17th century.

Germany, Southern--Church history--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 268 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a study of Catholic reform, popular Catholicism and the development of confessional identity in southwest Germany. Based on extensive archival study, it argues that Catholic confessional identity developed primarily from the identification of villagers and townspeople with the practices of Baroque Catholicism - particularly pilgrimages, processions, confraternities and the Mass. Thus the book is in part a critique of the confessionalization thesis which dominates scholarship in this field. The book is not however focused narrowly on the concerns of German historians. An analysis of popular religious practice and of the relationship between parishioners and the clergy in villages and small towns allows for a broader understanding of popular Catholicism, especially in the period after 1650. Local Baroque Catholicism was ultimately a successful convergence of popular and elite, lay and clerical elements, which led to an increasingly elaborate religious style.

Contents:

1. The Counter-Reformation offensive, 1550-1650. Confessionalization under Austrian leadership. Tridentine reform in the Bishopric of Constance. Catholic reform under local leadership

2. The sacral landscape and pilgrimage piety. The sacral landscape. Pilgrimage piety

3. Religious practice. The liturgical year and everyday religious experience. The rise of individual devotion

4. Clericalism in the villages. Clericalism and communalism. Clericalism and anti-clericalism. The professionalization of the parish clergy

5. The communal church in German Catholicism. The communal church. The priest in the village

6. Reformers and intermediaries, 1650-1750. Reform and confessionalization. Intermediaries. Popular Catholicism, local religion and regional patterns.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-256) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-12009-8

1-280-15908-1

0-511-11858-9

0-511-01876-2

0-511-15591-3

0-511-32895-8

0-511-49649-4

0-511-05009-7

OCLC:

70751050