A companion to the Swiss Reformation / / edited by Amy Nelson Burnett and Emidio Campi ; contributors Irena Backus [and thirteen others].

A Companion to the Swiss Reformation describes the course of the Protestant Reformation in the Swiss Confederation over the course of the sixteenth century. Its essays examine the successes as well as the failures of the reformation movement, considering not only the institutional churches but also...

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Superior document:Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition, Volume 72
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; Volume 72.
Physical Description:1 online resource (681 pages) :; illustrations, maps.
Notes:Includes index.
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Other title:Preliminary Material /
Introduction /
The Swiss Confederation Before the Reformation /
The Reformation in Zurich /
The Reformation in Bern /
The Reformation in Basel /
The Reformation in Schaffhausen /
The Reformation in St. Gallen and Appenzell /
Failed Reformations /
The Reformation in the Three Leagues (Grisons) /
Francophone Territories Allied to the Swiss Confederation /
The Swiss Anabaptists /
Theological Profile /
Polity and Worship in the Swiss Reformed Churches /
Schools and Education, 1500–1600 /
Swiss Society: Family, Gender, and the Poor /
Reformation Culture /
Religious Stalemate and Confessional Alignments: Dynamics and Stagnation in the Confederation from 1531 to 1618 /
Index /
Summary:A Companion to the Swiss Reformation describes the course of the Protestant Reformation in the Swiss Confederation over the course of the sixteenth century. Its essays examine the successes as well as the failures of the reformation movement, considering not only the institutional churches but also the spread of Anabaptism. The volume highlights the different form that the Reformation took among the members of the Confederation and its allied territories, and it describes the political, social and cultural consequences of the Reformation for the Confederation as a whole. Contributors are: Irena Backus, Jan-Andrea Bernhard, Amy Nelson Burnett, Michael W. Bruening, Erich Bryner, Emidio Campi, Bruce Gordon, Kaspar von Greyerz, Sundar Henny, Karin Maag, Thomas Maissen, Regula Schmid-Keeling, Martin Sallmann, and Andrea Strübind.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9004316353
ISSN:1871-6377 ;
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: edited by Amy Nelson Burnett and Emidio Campi ; contributors Irena Backus [and thirteen others].