Magistrates, madonnas and miracles : the Counter Reformation in the Upper Palatinate /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Johnson, Trevor, 1961-2007
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2009]
Series:	St. Andrews studies in Reformation history.
Subjects:	Counter-Reformation > Germany > Oberpfalz. Reformation > Germany > Oberpfalz. Catholic Church > Germany > Oberpfalz > History > 16th century. Catholic Church > Germany > Oberpfalz > History > 17th century. Oberpfalz (Germany) > Church history. Oberpfalz (Germany) > Religious life and customs. Oberpfalz (Germany) > Social conditions > 16th century. Oberpfalz (Germany) > Social conditions > 17th century.

Table of Contents:

Pt. 1. The Palatinate deformed
Forges, fortresses and farms : the Obere Pfalz in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
A Protestant land, 1556-1621
pt. 2. The Palatinate informed
"The odious name of a reformation" : biconfessional discontents
"Wolves among the flock" : conversion, emigration, and resistance
"The salt of the earth" : clerical restoration and renewal
The return of the religious
pt. 3. The Palatinate reformed
Shaping a Catholic society
"Lest such devotion should fall into decline" : sacraments, sacramentals, and the sacred image
"All things to all" : reclaiming the saints
"Mountains of grace" : the sacred enshrined
The devil in the Oberpfalz.