Moderate Voices in the European Reformation - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0754650219 ISBN 13: 9780754650218

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2005

Riassunto

Between the religious massacres, conflicts and martyrdoms that characterised much of Reformation Europe, there seems little room for a consideration of the concept of moderation. Yet it was precisely because of this extremism that many Europeans, both individuals and regimes, were forced into positions of moderation as they found themselves caught in the confessional crossfire. This is not to suggest that such people refused to take sides, but rather that they were unwilling or unable to conform fully to emerging confessional orthodoxies. By conducting an investigation into the idea of 'moderation', this volume raises intriguing concepts and offers a fuller understanding of the pressures that shaped the confessional landscape of Reformation Europe. A number of essays present case studies examining 'moderates' who existed uneasily in the space between coercion and persuasion in Britain, France and the Holy Roman Empire. Others look more broadly at local and national attempts at conciliation, and at the way the rhetoric of moderation was manipulated during confessional conflict. These are all drawn together with a substantial introduction and analytical conclusion, which not only tie the volume together, but which also pose wider conceptual and methodological questions about the meaning of moderation.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Dr Luc Racaut is Lecturer in History at the University of Newcastle, UK. Dr Alec Ryrie is in the Department of Theology and Religion at the University of Durham, UK

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0754650219
• ISBN 13: 9780754650218
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 234
• Redattore: Racaut Luc, Ryrie Alec
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania