Calvinists and Libertines Confession and Community in Utrecht 1578-1620

Name: Calvinists and Libertines Confession and Community in Utrecht 1578-1620
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ISBN: 9780198202837

ISBN-10: 0198202830

ISBN-13: 9780198202837

Edition: 1995

Authors: Benjamin J. Kaplan

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Why did the Netherlands, after the Dutch Reformation, emerge as the most religiously tolerant country in Europe? The causes lie in the struggle between the Calvinist desire to create a highly organized, disciplined church, and the broadstream, nonconformist "Libertine" alternative. Nowhere was this conflict more intense than in Utrecht, a city at the heart of the Dutch Reformation. In this urban case-study, Ben Kaplan gives us a fascinating microcosm of the European Reformation. There have been similar studies on French and German cities, but Calvinists and Libertines is the first to consider the Netherlands, one of the most influential countries of the reformation. The neglected figure of…

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List price: $265.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/23/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 362
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.82" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



List of Maps and Illustrations


Lists of Tables


Abbreviations


A Note on Dates


Introduction


Prologue



Discipline and Order



'To Remain in Christian Freedom'



Social Divisions, Religious Divisions



The Politics of Theocracy, 1580-1590



From Reaction to Resolution, 1590-1610



The Remonstrant Controversy, 1610-1620



Unity in a Multiconfessional Society


Conclusion


Appendix: List of Ministers Serving the Reformed Congregations of Utrecht, 1578-1618


Bibliography


Index