The dynamics of the early Reformation in their reformed Augustinian context / Robert J. Christman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christman, Robert J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vos, Hendrik, -1523.

Vos, Hendrik.

Esch, Johann, -1523.

Esch, Johann.

Augustinians--Germany--History--16th century.

Augustinians.

Reformation--Germany.

Reformation.

Reformation--Netherlands.

Burning (Execution)--Belgium|--Brussels--History--16th century.

Burning (Execution).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2020.

Summary:

On July 1, 1523, Johann van den Eschen and Hendrik Voes, two Augustinians friars from Antwerp, were burned on the Grand Plaza in Brussels, thereby becoming the first victims of the Reformation. Despite being well-known, the event barely registers in most Reformation histories. By tracing its origins and examining the impact of the executions on Martin Luther, on the Reformed Augustinian world, and on the early Reformation in the Low Countries and the German speaking lands, this study definitively demonstrates that the burnings were in fact the d'nouement of broader trends within Late Medieval Reformed Augustinianism, as well as a watershed in the early Reformation. In doing so, it also reveals the central role played by the Augustinian friars of Lower Germany in shaping both the content and spread of the early Reformation, as well as Wittenberg's influence on the events leading up to these first executions.

Contents:

Introduction : the Reformed Augustinians of Lower Germany

The German Reformed congregation and its Province of Lower Germany

The Antwerp cloister

The authorities respond : pope and emperor seize the initiative

Wittenberg's influence on the events in Lower Germany

Reformation ideas in the Low Countries

'Summer is at the door' : the impact of the executions on Martin Luther

The impact of the executions in the Low Countries

The impact of the executions in the German-speaking lands of the Holy Roman Empire

The Marian dimension

The Reformed Augustinians of Lower Germany and the dynamics of the early Reformation.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Nov 2020).

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-250) and index.

ISBN:

1-003-70591-X

90-485-5087-4

9781003705918

OCLC:

1175275216