Catholic reform in the age of Luther : Duke George of Saxony and the church, 1488-1525 /
In his portrait of Duke George of Saxony (1471-1539) Christoph Volkmar offers a fresh perspective on the early Reformation in Germany. Long before the Council of Trent, this book traces the origins of Catholic Reform to the very neighborhood of Wittenberg. The Dresden duke, cousin of Frederick the W...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2017]
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| Series: | Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ;
v. 209. |
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| Summary: | In his portrait of Duke George of Saxony (1471-1539) Christoph Volkmar offers a fresh perspective on the early Reformation in Germany. Long before the Council of Trent, this book traces the origins of Catholic Reform to the very neighborhood of Wittenberg. The Dresden duke, cousin of Frederick the Wise, was one of Luther's most prominent opponents. Not only did he fight the Reformation, he also promoted ideas for renewal of the church. Based on thousands of archival records, many of them considered for the first time, Christoph Volkmar is mapping the church politics of a German prince who used the power of the territorial state to boost Catholic Reform, marking a third way apart from both Luther and Trent. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 707 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [627]-687) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004261884 9004261885 |