Evangelisches Klosterleben

Studien zur Geschichte der evangelischen Kloster und Stifte in Niedersachsen

edited by Hans Otte

Book cover: Evangelisches Klosterleben

Extent: 394 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Religious Studies

Series: Studien zur Kirchengeschichte Niedersachsens

Series volume number: 46

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(January 2013)

ISBN: 9783847100669

Price: $82.00

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Das Leben in evangelischen Klostern und Stiften in der Neuzeit


In Lower Saxony the Reformation did not lead to the dissolution of all monasteries, convents and foundations; some continued as protestant monasteries, convents and foundations. The present volume begins by expounding the preconditions for the protestant “monastic landscape”: the alignment to the Wurttemberg model of reformation of monasteries and convents and the safeguarding of funding, which has made protestant monastic life possible to the present day. The central focus of the book is on studies on life in modern protestant monasteries, convents and foundations, their transition to Protestantism, day-to-day life and the life of worship in them. Individual monasteries and convents and nuns are presented as examples, highlighting the diverse ways of life. The final section comprises studies on the cultural tradition and how it has been handed down to the present day. The essays are based on lectures that were held in 2009 at the Medingen Convent on the invitation of the Society for the Ecclesiastical History of Lower Saxony.

  • Edited by Hans Otte