Die Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte Schlesiens während der Frühen Neuzeit übt bis heute eine ungebrochene Faszinationskraft aus. Jenseits protestantischer und katholischer Konfessionskulturen bildete sich hier eine »schlesische Einmaligkeit« aus, die auch auf Politik und Geistesleben ausstrahlte. Die vorliegende Aufsatzsammlung vermittelt nicht nur einen Überblick über die kunst- und kulturgeschichtliche Entwicklung Schlesiens vom 16. bis 18. Jahrhundert. Sie stellt auch einzelne Phänomene – Heiligen- und Heldenverehrung, Begräbniskultur, zeitgenössische Theorie und Praxis von Architektur und bildender Kunst sowie die Auswirkungen der Konfessionalisierung auf die Kirchenkunst – erstmals auf breiter Quellenbasis dar.

A comprehensive overview of Protestant church architecture of the 16th to 18th centuries in Europe. The four volumes feature entries on 1176 churches in 25 nation-states and 41 historical countries. The churches described include more than 100 in the UK, 387 in Germany, 57 in the Baltic countries, 59 in the Netherlands, 42 in France, 130 in Poland, 36 in Hungary, over 150 in Scandinavia and 47 in the Czech Republic. The work takes into account all the faiths that emerged after the Reformation and all the countries where it left lasting traces: from Iceland, Norway, England and Scotland in the North to Romania, Slovenia and Serbia in the South East.These four volumes, with over 3,000 colour photographs and drawings, 766 floor plans, and an extensive index of names and places, contain the first complete study of Protestant church building in Early Modern Europe (16th–18th centuries). The variety of building materials and the abundance of spatial solutions show the great innovative and entrepreneurial potential that was released with the spread and stabilization of the Reformation. It broke with the autocracy of the Southern and Western countries, which imposed their cultural patterns on the rest of Europe. The Northern and Eastern Central European countries have since been equally involved in creating new values. Their architectural heritage, still too little known, occupies a worthy place here.Countries featured include:Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovacia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine

Die Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte Schlesiens während der Frühen Neuzeit übt bis heute eine ungebrochene Faszinationskraft aus. Jenseits protestantischer und katholischer Konfessionskulturen bildete sich hier eine »schlesische Einmaligkeit« aus, die auch auf Politik und Geistesleben ausstrahlte. Die vorliegende Aufsatzsammlung vermittelt nicht nur einen Überblick über die kunst- und kulturgeschichtliche Entwicklung Schlesiens vom 16. bis 18. Jahrhundert. Sie stellt auch einzelne Phänomene – Heiligen- und Heldenverehrung, Begräbniskultur, zeitgenössische Theorie und Praxis von Architektur und bildender Kunst sowie die Auswirkungen der Konfessionalisierung auf die Kirchenkunst – erstmals auf breiter Quellenbasis dar.

A comprehensive overview of Protestant church architecture of the 16th to 18th centuries in Europe. The four volumes feature entries on 1176 churches in 25 nation-states and 41 historical countries. The churches described include more than 100 in the UK, 387 in Germany, 57 in the Baltic countries, 59 in the Netherlands, 42 in France, 130 in Poland, 36 in Hungary, over 150 in Scandinavia and 47 in the Czech Republic. The work takes into account all the faiths that emerged after the Reformation and all the countries where it left lasting traces: from Iceland, Norway, England and Scotland in the North to Romania, Slovenia and Serbia in the South East.These four volumes, with over 3,000 colour photographs and drawings, 766 floor plans, and an extensive index of names and places, contain the first complete study of Protestant church building in Early Modern Europe (16th–18th centuries). The variety of building materials and the abundance of spatial solutions show the great innovative and entrepreneurial potential that was released with the spread and stabilization of the Reformation. It broke with the autocracy of the Southern and Western countries, which imposed their cultural patterns on the rest of Europe. The Northern and Eastern Central European countries have since been equally involved in creating new values. Their architectural heritage, still too little known, occupies a worthy place here.Countries featured include:Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovacia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine