Reformation and Education

Confessional Dynamics and Intellectual Transformations

Contributions by Simon J.G. Burton Contributions by Matthew C. Baines Contributions by Willem Frijhoff Contributions by Charlotte Appel Contributions by Balázs Dávid Magyar Contributions by Marta Quatrale Contributions by Lucie Storchová Contributions by Thomas Klöckner Contributions by Linda S. Gottschalk Edited by Simon J.G. Burton Edited by Matthew C. Baines Series edited by Herman J. Selderhuis Associate editor Christopher B. Brown Associate editor Günter Frank 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: Reformation and Education

Extent: 292 pages

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Religious Studies

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(March 2022)

ISBN: 9783525560556

6.3 x 9.25 inches

Price: $188.00

In stock

Reconfiguring the relationship between Reformation and education in early modernity.


Closely entwined with the educational revolution of early modernity, the Reformation transformed the pedagogical landscape and culture of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Embracing a broad understanding of the Reformation this volume examines the confessional dynamics which shaped the educational transformations of early modernity, including Calvinists, Lutherans, Anabaptists and Roman Catholics in its scope. Going beyond conventional emphases on the role of the printing press and theological education of clergy in university settings, it also explores the education of laity in academies, schools and the home in all manner of topics including theology, history, natural philosophy and ethics. More well-known figures like John Calvin and Philipp Melanchthon are examined alongside less-well known but important figures like Caspar Coolhaes and Lukas Osiander. Likewise, more prominent centres of reform including Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands are considered together with often overlooked locations like the Czech Republic and Denmark.

  • Contributions by Simon J.G. Burton
  • Contributions by Matthew C. Baines
  • Contributions by Willem Frijhoff
  • Contributions by Charlotte Appel
  • Contributions by Balázs Dávid Magyar
  • Contributions by Marta Quatrale
  • Contributions by Lucie Storchová
  • Contributions by Thomas Klöckner
  • Contributions by Linda S. Gottschalk
  • Edited by Simon J.G. Burton
  • Edited by Matthew C. Baines
  • Series edited by Herman J. Selderhuis
  • Associate editor Christopher B. Brown
  • Associate editor Günter Frank
  • 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