Catholic reform in the age of Luther : : Duke George of Saxony and the church, 1488-1525 /

Catholic reform in the age of Luther : : Duke George of Saxony and the church, 1488-1525 / / Christoph Volkmar ; translated by Brian McNeil and Bill Ray.

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In his portrait of Duke George of Saxony (1471–1539) Christoph Volkmar offers a fresh perspective on the early Reformation in Germany. Long before the Council of Trent, this book traces the origins of Catholic Reform to the very neighborhood of Wittenberg. The Dresden duke, cousin of Frederick the W...

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Superior document:Studies in medieval and reformation traditions, Volume 209
VerfasserIn:
Volkmar, Christoph,
TeilnehmendeR:
McNeil, Brian,
Ray, Bill,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
German
Series:Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; 209.
Physical Description:1 online resource (717 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Preface to the English Edition
  • Preface to the German Edition
  • Introduction
  • A Critical Survey of Scholarship
  • George of Saxony’s Church Politics from a New Perspective
  • Church Governance and Catholic Reform before the Reformation (1488–ca. 1521)
  • Church Politics of German Princes in the Late Medieval Empire
  • The Wettin Tradition of Reform
  • George of Saxony (1471–1539) as a Reformer of the Church
  • Papacy and Council
  • The Empire
  • Bishops and Cathedral Chapters
  • The Ecclesiastical Court System
  • The Regular Clergy
  • The Lower Clergy
  • The Laity
  • Printing and the Public before Luther
  • Summary and Discussion
  • The Clash with the Early Reformation (1517–1525)
  • George of Saxony and Martin Luther: A New Look at an Old Enmity
  • “The Damned Lutheran Sect”: How George of Saxony Saw the Evangelical Movement1
  • Church Politics against the Reformation in the Empire (1522–1525)
  • Outlawing the Reformation
  • Territorial Politics against Evangelical Pastors
  • Territorial Politics Against Evangelical Monks
  • Territorial Politics against Evangelical Subjects
  • Preaching
  • Printing
  • Reform Instead of Reformation
  • Church Politics against the Reformation: Successes, Limits, Perspectives
  • Conclusion.

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