Religious reading in the Lutheran north : studies in early modern Scandinavian book culture / edited by Charlotte Appel and Morten Fink-Jensen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Appel, Charlotte, 1960-

Fink-Jensen, Morten, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Books and reading--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Books and reading.

Books and reading--Scandinavia--History.

Religious literature--History and criticism.

Religious literature.

Scandinavian prose literature--History and criticism.

Scandinavian prose literature.

Publishers and publishing--Scandinavia--History.

Publishers and publishing.

Reformation--Scandinavia.

Reformation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Religious Reading in the Lutheran North opens up the doors to a part of early modern European history that has often been overlooked. In the Nordic countries, an abundance of religious literature in the vernacular was produced in the centuries following the Reformation, and reading was almost exclusively taught to children in a Lutheran Protestant setting. Literacy rates were high, and by the mid eighteenth century around ninety per cent of both men and women could read. The eight contributio...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-283-14221-X

1-4438-2767-3

9786613142214

OCLC:

816845372