Historical Method and Confessional Identity in the Era of the Reformation (1378-1615) / / Irena Backus.

• Superior document: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions ; 94
• VerfasserIn: Backus, Irena
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2003.
• প্রকাশনার বছর: 2003
• সংস্করন: 1st ed.
• ভাষা: English
• মালা: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions ; 94.
• দৈহিক বর্ননা: 1 online resource.

This volume deals with the basic problem of how theologians of all confessions handled ancient, mainly Christian, history in the Reformation era. The author argues that far from being a mere tool of religious controversy, history was used throughout the 16th century to express profound religious and...