Protestant Majorities and Minorities in Early Modern Europe

Confessional Boundaries and Contested Identities

Contributions by Simon Burton Contributions by Leon van den Broeke Contributions by Mihály Balázs Contributions by Johanna Partyka Contributions by Christopher Matthews Contributions by Magdalena Luszczynska Contributions by José Moreno Berrocal Contributions by Barbara Kaminska Contributions by Felicita Tramontana Contributions by Frances Luttikhuizen Contributions by Borbála Lovas Contributions by Alessandra Celati Contributions by Michał Choptiany Contributions by Piotr Wilczek Contributions by Gábor Ittzés Contributions by Jakub Koryl Contributions by Paweł Rutkowski Edited by Simon Burton Edited by Michał Choptiany Edited by Piotr Wilczek Series edited by Herman J. Selderhuis Associate editor Christopher B. Brown Associate editor Günter Frank Associate editor Bruce Gordon Associate editor Barbara Mahlmann-Bauer Associate editor Tarald Rasmussen Associate editor Violet Soen Associate editor Zsombor Tóth Associate editor Günther Wassilowsky Associate editor Siegrid Westphal

Book cover: Protestant Majorities and Minorities in Early Modern Europe

Extent: 350 pages

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Religious Studies

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(August 2019)

ISBN: 9783525571293

6.3 x 9.25 inches

Price: $163.00

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Illuminating the situation of different early modern Protestant majorities and minorities


The contributors to this volume examine the complex and dynamic role that Protestant majorities and minorities played in shaping the Reformations of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In doing so, it offers an important perspective on the range of intellectual, social, economic, political, theological and ecclesiological factors that governed intra- and inter-confessional encounter in the early modern period. While the principal focus is on the situation of different Protestant majority and minority groups, many of the contributions also engage the relation of Protestants and Catholics, with a number also considering early modern Christian dialogue with Muslims and Jews. The volume is organised into five sections, which together provide a comprehensive picture of Protestant majorities and minorities. The first section explores intellectual trajectories, especially those which promoted confessional unity or sought to break down confessional boundaries. The second section, taking the neglected Spanish Reformation as an important case-study, examines the clandestine aspect of minority activities and the efforts of majorities to control and suppress them. The third section pursues a similar theme but examines it through the lens of Flemish and Walloon Reformed refugee communities in Germany and the Netherlands, demonstrating the way in which confessional factors could lead to the integration or exclusion of minorities. The fourth section examines marginal or peripheral Reformations, whether geographically or doctrinally understood, focussing on attempts to implement reform in the shadow of the Ottoman Empire. Finally, the fifth section looks at confessional identity and otherness as a principal theme of majority and minority relations, providing both theoretical and practical frameworks for its evaluation.

  • Contributions by Simon Burton
  • Contributions by Leon van den Broeke
  • Contributions by Mihály Balázs
  • Contributions by Johanna Partyka
  • Contributions by Christopher Matthews
  • Contributions by Magdalena Luszczynska
  • Contributions by José Moreno Berrocal
  • Contributions by Barbara Kaminska
  • Contributions by Felicita Tramontana
  • Contributions by Frances Luttikhuizen
  • Contributions by Borbála Lovas
  • Contributions by Alessandra Celati
  • Contributions by Michał Choptiany
  • Contributions by Piotr Wilczek
  • Contributions by Gábor Ittzés
  • Contributions by Jakub Koryl
  • Contributions by Paweł Rutkowski
  • Edited by Simon Burton
  • Edited by Michał Choptiany
  • Edited by Piotr Wilczek
  • Series edited by Herman J. Selderhuis
  • Associate editor Christopher B. Brown
  • Associate editor Günter Frank
  • Associate editor Bruce Gordon
  • Associate editor Barbara Mahlmann-Bauer
  • Associate editor Tarald Rasmussen
  • Associate editor Violet Soen
  • Associate editor Zsombor Tóth
  • Associate editor Günther Wassilowsky
  • Associate editor Siegrid Westphal