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Popular Religion in Germany and Central Europe, 1400-1800

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Bob Scribner
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  2. Trevor Johnson
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Part of the book series: Themes in Focus (TIF)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Bob Scribner
    Pages 1-15

  3. Female Spirituality and the Infant Jesus in Late Medieval Dominican Convents

    • Ulinka Rublack
    Pages 16-37

  4. The ‘Crown’ and the ‘Red Gown’: Hussite Popular Religion

    • Thomas A. Fudge
    Pages 38-57

  5. Judengasse to Christian Quarter: The Phenomenon of the Converted Synagogue in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Holy Roman Empire

    • J. M. Minty
    Pages 58-86

  6. Institoris at Innsbruck: Heinrich Institoris, the Summis Desiderantes and the Brixen Witch-Trial of 1485

    • Eric Wilson
    Pages 87-100

  7. Witchcraft and Popular Religion in Early Modern Rothenburg ob der Tauber

    • Alison Rowlands
    Pages 101-118

  8. Popular Beliefs and the Reformation in Brandenburg-Ansbach

    • C. Scott Dixon
    Pages 119-139

  9. Why was Private Confession so Contentious in Early Seventeenth-Century Lindau?

    • J. C. Wolfart
    Pages 140-165

  10. A Lübeck Prophet in Local and Lutheran Context

    • Jürgen Beyer
    Pages 166-182

  11. Blood, Tears and Xavier-Water: Jesuit Missionaries and Popular Religion in the Eighteenth-Century Upper Palatinate

    • Trevor Johnson
    Pages 183-202

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 203-282
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About this book

Studies in the field of popular religion have for some time been among the most innovative in social and cultural history, but until now there have been few publications providing any adequate overview for Germany and the Holy Roman Empire. This volume presents the results of recent research by younger scholars working on major aspects of this subject. The nine essays range over nearly four centuries of German history, encompassing late-medieval female piety, propaganda for radical Hussite dissent, attitudes towards the Jews, legitimation for the witchcraze on the eve of the Reformation, attempts to implement Protestant reform in German villages, Reformation attacks on popular magic and female culture, problems of defining the Reformation in small German towns, Protestant popular prophecy and formation of confessional identity, and the missionising strategies of the Counter-Reformation.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Popular Religion in Germany and Central Europe, 1400-1800

  • Editors: Bob Scribner, Trevor Johnson

  • Series Title: Themes in Focus

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24836-0

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1996

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 296

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: European History

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