Reformation vor Ort

Zum Quellenwert von Visitationsprotokollen

edited by Dagmar Blaha and Christopher Spehr

Book cover: Reformation vor Ort

Extent: 256 pages

Publisher: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt

Subjects: Religious Studies

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(June 2016)

ISBN: 9783374041626

6.06 x 9.09 inches

Price: $43.00

In stock

The publication contains the contributions and the evening lecture from the joint meeting of the “Digitales Archiv der Reformation” (Digital Archive of the Reformation) project and the Department of Church History at the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena under the heading “Reformation vor Ort. Zum Quellenwert von Visitationsprotokollen” (Reformation on the ground. On the significance of visitation reports as a source of information), which took place in Jena in 2014. It focuses on the first Protestant visitations in the central German territories and the written records thereof – the visitation reports. The essays show the relevance of these important documents as source material for scientific historiography and local historical research from different perspectives. They also examine the requirements and limitations of digital editions on the Internet.


The publication contains the contributions and the evening lecture from the joint meeting of the “Digitales Archiv der Reformation” (Digital Archive of the Reformation) project and the Department of Church History at the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena under the heading “Reformation vor Ort. Zum Quellenwert von Visitationsprotokollen” (Reformation on the ground. On the significance of visitation reports as a source of information), which took place in Jena in 2014. It focuses on the first Protestant visitations in the central German territories and the written records thereof – the visitation reports. The essays show the relevance of these important documents as source material for scientific historiography and local historical research from different perspectives. They also examine the requirements and limitations of digital editions on the Internet.

  • Edited by Dagmar Blaha
  • Edited by Christopher Spehr