Doctrinal Controversy and Lay Religiosity in Late Reformation Germany

The Case of Mansfeld

AvRobert J. Christman

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

In recent years, historians have questioned the notion that belief was central to the Reformation’s success, arguing rather for a variety of social, political, economic, and psychological forces. This study examines one of the intra-Lutheran doctrinal debates, the Flacian controversy over original sin, as means to analyze lay religiosity in the late Reformation. It focuses on the German territory of Mansfeld, where the conflict had miners brawling in the streets, and where a wealth of sources from the laity have survived. This extraordinary evidence demonstrates that although diverse forces were at work, by the late sixteenth century many commoners had developed a complex understanding of Lutheran doctrines, and these beliefs had become informing factors in the laity’s lives.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-10-14
Mått:160 x 240 x 23 mm
Vikt:688 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004215658

Utforska kategorier

Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Robert J. Christman, Ph.D. (2004) in early modern history, University of Arizona, is an Assistant Professor of History at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. He has published a variety of articles on the impact of the Reformation in early modern Germany.

Recensioner i media

"Die hier vorliegende Studie leistet in ihrem sozialgeschichtlichen Zugriff einen wichtigen und hoch erfreulichen Beitrag zur Erforschung des Erbsündenstreites in der Grafschaft Mansfeld und zur Sozialstruktur der einfachen Gemeindechristen im 16. Jahrhundert überhaupt." – Johannes Hund, Universität Mainz, in: Francia-Recensio 2013/2"Même ainsi, cette très belle étude contribute beaucoup à l’historiographie de cette ère de confessionalisation, et elle réanimera sans aucun doute les discussions sur le facteur doctrinal dans l’imposition de la Réforme." – Ueli Zahnd, University of Basel, in: Revue d’histoire ecclésiastique

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionDoctrinal Controversy as a Window onto Lay ReligiosityChapter 1A Portrait of Mansfeld in the Sixteenth CenturyChapter 2Competing Views of Original Sin and Associated Arguments and MeaningsChapter 3The Pastors and their ParishionersChapter 4The Counts and the ControversyChapter 5The “Heretics” of MansfeldChapter 6Extra-doctrinal Forces Affecting the LaityChapter 7Lay Understandings of Original Sin and Lutheran TheologyChapter 8ConclusionBibliographyIndexIllustrationsHans Ötzen, Ein schon christliches und warhafftiges gebett von gesetze und evangelinis gestellt durch Hans Oetz ein leye imm Thall Mansfelt gegewen im ihar unsers Herren Jhesu Christi anno 1575, Landeshauptarchiv Sachsen-Anhalt, Abteilung Magdeburg, Standort Wernigerode.Matthäus Merian, Mansfeldt c. 1650. Copperplate.TablesTable 1. The Occupations of the Mansfelder LaityTable 2. The Mansfelder LaityTable 3. Luther Citations Found in the Lay Confessions