Crossing the Boundaries of Belief
Geographies of Religious Conversion in Southern Germany, 1648-1800
In early modern Germany, religious conversion was a profoundly social and political phenomenon rather than purely an act of private conscience. Because social norms and legal requirements demanded that every subject declare membership in one of the state-sanctioned Christian churches, the act of religious conversion regularly tested the geographical and political boundaries separating Catholics and Protestants. In a period when church and state cooperated to impose religious conformity, regulate confessional difference, and promote moral and social order, the choice to convert was seen as a disruptive act of disobedience. Investigating the te…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8139-3553-9
- EAN: 9780813935539
- Produktnummer: 22281876
- Verlag: University of Virginia Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 328 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'057 KB
- Abbildungen: 2 b&w illus., 1 map, 2 graphs
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