The Early Reformation in Germany: Between Secular Impact and Radical Vision

ISBN-13: 9781409468981 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 302 str.

Tom Scott

Opis

Over the last twenty years research on the Reformation in Germany has shifted both chronologically and thematically toward an interest in the a long' or a delayed' Reformations, and the structure and operation of the Holy Roman Empire. Whilst this focus has resulted in many fascinating new insights, it has also led to the relative neglect of the early Reformation movement. Put together with the explicit purpose of encouraging scholars to reengage with the early a storm years' of the German Reformation, this collection of eleven essays by Tom Scott, explores several issues in the historiography of the early Reformation which have not been adequately addressed. The debate over the nature and function of anticlericalism remains unresolved; the mainsprings of iconoclasm are still imperfectly understood; the ideological role of evangelical doctrines in stimulating and legitimising popular rebellion - above all in the German Peasants' War - remains contentious, while the once uniform view of Anabaptism has given way to a recognition of the plurality and diversity of religious radicalism. Equally, there are questions which, initially broached, have then been sidelined with undue haste: the failure of Reforming movements in certain German cities, or the perception of what constituted heresy in the eyes of the Reformers themselves, and not least, the part played by women in the spread of evangelical doctrines. Consisting of seven essays previously published in scholarly journals and edited volumes, together with three new chapters and an historical afterword, Scott's volume serves as a timely reminder of the importance of the early decades of the sixteenth century. By reopening seemingly closed issues and by revisiting neglected topics the volume contributes to a more nuanced understanding of what the Reformation in Germany entailed.

Spis treści

Introduction; Part A Historiography; Chapter 1 The Early Reformation in Germany between Deconstruction and Reconstruction; Chapter 2 The Reformation and Modern Political Economy: Luther and Gaismair Compared; Chapter 3 The German Peasants’ War and the ‘Crisis of Feudalism’: Reflections on a Neglected Theme; Chapter 4 The German Peasants’ War of 1525 and the English Peasants’ Revolt of 1381: A Comparison of Peasant and Urban Participation; Chapter 5 The Collective Response of Women to Early Reforming Preaching: Four Small Communities and their Preachers Compared; Chapter 6 Why was there no Reformation in Freiburg im Breisgau?; Part C Radicals in the Reformation; Chapter 7 The Problem of Heresy in the German Reformation; Chapter 8 Hubmaier, Schappeler, and Hergot on Social Revolution; Chapter 9 Johannes Agricola’s Ein nutzlicher Dialogus as a Source for the Peasants’ War in Central Germany ; Chapter 10 Müntzer and the Mustard-Seed: A Parable as Paradox?; Afterword;

O autorze

Tom Scott