The Protestant Clergy of Early Modern Europe provides a comprehensive survey of the Protestant clergy in Europe during the confessional age. Eight contributions, written by historians with specialist research knowledge in the field, offer the reader a wide-ranging synthesis of the main concerns of current historiography. Themes include the origins and the evolution of the Protestant clergy during the age of Reformation, the role and function of the clergy in the context of early modern history, and the contribution of the clergy to the developments of the age (the making of confessions,...

Die europäische Geschichte zwischen Reformation und Westfälischem Frieden ist eine Phase konfessioneller Spannungen, die sich in ganz Europa zu politisch-militärischen Konflikten ausweiteten. In diesem Zeitraum veränderte sich der Kontinent auch in sozialwirtschaftlicher Hinsicht erheblich: Mit dem Beginn der europäischen Expansion griff Europa geografisch über seinen eigenen Horizont hinaus. Diese Phase der europäischen Geschichte stand deshalb in der Spannung zwischen Tradition und Erneuerung.

This compendium volume assembles major articles by Louse Schorn-Schutte on the occasion of her 65^th birthday. It reflects the wide range of the honoree s important areas of writing and research, including the history of historiography and the history of political and religious culture in the early modern age. In addition, the book presents her positions on important current issues in science policy.

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The Protestant Clergy of Early Modern Europe provides a comprehensive survey of the Protestant clergy in Europe during the confessional age. Eight contributions, written by historians with specialist research knowledge in the field, offer the reader a wide-ranging synthesis of the main concerns of current historiography. Themes include the origins and the evolution of the Protestant clergy during the age of Reformation, the role and function of the clergy in the context of early modern history, and the contribution of the clergy to the developments of the age (the making of confessions,...

Im Zentrum dieses informativen Überblicks stehen die Ereignisse der Reformation vom Thesenanschlag 1517 bis zum Augsburger Religionsfrieden 1555 unter Berücksichtigung der neuesten sozial- und religionsgeschichtlichen Forschungsergebnisse. Das Buch skizziert ferner die Deutungsmuster der Reformation, die je nach Lager - z.B. katholisch, marxistisch, protestantisch, sozialhistorisch - stark differieren.