Calvinism on the Frontier 1600-1660 International Calvinism and the Reformed Church in Hungary and Transylvania

Name: Calvinism on the Frontier 1600-1660 International Calvinism and the Reformed Church in Hungary and Transylvania
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ISBN: 9780198208594

ISBN-10: 0198208596

ISBN-13: 9780198208594

Edition: 2000

Authors: Graeme Murdock

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This is the first book to examine one of Europe's largest Protestant communities in Hungary and Transylvania. It highlights the place of the Hungarian Reformed church in the international Calvinist world, and reveals the impact of Calvinism on Hungarian politics and society. Calvinism attracted strong support in Hungary and Transylvania, where one of the largest Reformed churches was established by the early seventeenth century. Understanding of this Hungarian Reformed church remains the most significant missing element in the analysis of European Calvinism. The Hungarian Reformed church survived on narrow ground between the Habsburgs and Turks, thanks to support from Transylvanias princes…

Book details

List price: $310.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/21/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 374
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



List of Map and Table


Note on Family Names and Place-Names


Abbreviations


Introduction: International Calvinism



The Hungarian Reformation



Hungarian Ministers and International Calvinism



Reforming Hungarian Education



Constitutional Toleration and Confessional Rivalry



Reformed Religion: Public Ceremony and Private Piety



Hungarian Puritans and Presbyterians



The Reformation of Hungarian Life: Religious, Moral, and Social Discipline



Building a Reformed Church and Society: Clergy, Princes, and Nobles



A Militant and Expectant Faith


Conclusions


Bibliography


Index