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Author Nischan, Bodo

Title Prince, People, and Confession : the Second Reformation in Brandenburg / Bodo Nischan
Published Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
©1994

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Description 1 online resource : 23 illustrations
Contents Frontmatter -- Content -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. A Via Media Reformation -- 2. The Triumph of Concordian Lutheranism -- 3. The Threat of Catholic Counter-Reformation -- 4. The Hohenzollern Conversion -- 5. Enforcing the Second Reformation -- 6. Reforming Popular Piety -- 7. The Lutheran Counteroffensive -- 8. The Popular Response -- 9. The Limits of Reformation -- 10. Concessions and Compromise -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter
Summary A religious study of the attempts made by the rulers of the territories of Brandenburg, Germany, to move from Lutheranism to Reformed theology and practice, and the resistance with which these efforts were met by the clergy, lay leaders, and citizens
Notes In English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed Dec. 09, 2016)
Subject Hohenzollern, House of.
SUBJECT Hohenzollern, House of fast
Subject Reformation -- Germany -- Brandenburg (State)
Lutheran Church -- Germany -- Brandenburg (State) -- History -- 16th century
Reformed Church -- Germany -- Brandenburg (State) -- History -- 17th century
Calvinism -- Germany -- Brandenburg (State) -- History -- 17th century
Lutheran Church -- Germany -- Brandenburg (State) -- History -- 17th century
RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
Calvinism
Lutheran Church
Reformation
Reformed Church
SUBJECT Brandenburg (Germany : State) -- Church history -- 16th century
Brandenburg (Germany : State) -- Church history -- 17th century
Subject Germany -- Brandenburg (State)
Genre/Form Church history
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781512805055
151280505X