Religious identity in an early Reformation community : Augsburg, 1517 to 1555 / by Michele Zelinsky Hanson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanson, Michele Zelinsky.

Series:

Studies in Central European histories ; v. 45.

Studies in Central European histories, 1547-1217 ; v. 45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reformation--Germany--Augsburg.

Reformation.

Identification (Religion).

Augsburg (Germany)--Church history--16th century.

Augsburg (Germany).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Debate over the usefulness of the confessionalization paradigm for understanding how Europeans responded to religious differences resulting from the Reformation has obscured people's experiences during the early years of reform. Based on interrogations recorded in Augsburg, Germany, in the first half of the sixteenth century, the compelling portraits of individual believers presented in this book provide a rare insight into the lives of ordinary people during one of the most controversial periods in religious history. Speaking about their faith and encounters with others in their own words, they rephrase the debate in terms of contemporary experiences. The resulting study challenges previous assumptions about the importance of belief in constructing religious identities and reveals the potential for accommodation amidst conflict.

Contents:

Ambiguous identities

Religious tensions in the 1520s

Anabaptists: a special case?

Magisterial reform and religious deviance

Making the bi-confessional city: political

Making the bi-confessional city: religious

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-231) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-39850-4

9786612398506

90-474-4243-1

OCLC:

592756326