Lay prophets in Lutheran Europe (c. 1550-1700) / / by Jurgen Beyer.

Lay prophets in Lutheran Europe ( c. 1550–1700) is the first transnational study of the phenomenon of angelic apparitions in all Lutheran cultures of early modern Europe. Jürgen Beyer provides evidence for more than 350 cases and analyses the material in various ways: tracing the medieval origins, s...

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Superior document:Brill's Series in Church History and Religious Culture, Volume 74
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill Nijhoff,, 2017.
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Brill's series in church history and religious culture ; Volume 74.
Physical Description:1 online resource (488 pages) :; illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Medieval Origins of Lutheran Prophecy1
  • The Dissemination of News about Prophets1
  • The Performance of Lutheran Prophets1
  • Prophets Commenting on Local Politics1
  • Prolific Prophets and Theological Debates about Prophets during the Thirty Years’ War1
  • Conceptions of Holiness in Early Modern Lutheranism1
  • List of Prophets (1517–1800).