Howard Louthan

Converting Bohemia

Force and Persuasion in the Catholic Reformation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Sheds light on the course of the Counter-Reformation and the nature of early modern Catholicism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 533g
• ISBN-13: 9781107403550
• ISBN-10: 1107403553
• Artikelnr.: 33876669

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: a tale of two windows: framing the history of early modern Bohemia
1. Severed heads and holy bones: authority and culture in post-White Mountain Bohemia
2. Reshaping identity and reforming the kingdom: confessional change and the nobility
3. 'Monarchs of Knowledge': mastering dissent in post-White Mountain Bohemia
4. Finding a holy past: antiquarianism and Catholic revival
5. Reshaping the landscape: art and confessional identity
6. Formation of the faithful: Catholicism in the countryside
7. Sermons, songs and scripture: reforming believers by the word
8. Pilgrimage and popular piety
9. Making Bohemia holy: Christian saints and Jewish martyrs
Conclusion: between force and persuasion.