Book contents
- Reformation in the Low Countries, 1500–1620
- Reformation in the Low Countries, 1500–1620
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Nomenclature
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Netherlands in the Early Sixteenth Century
- 2 Inchoate Reformation
- 3 The Confessional Turn
- 4 War
- 5 Schism
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 June 2022
Book contents
- Reformation in the Low Countries, 1500–1620
- Reformation in the Low Countries, 1500–1620
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Nomenclature
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Netherlands in the Early Sixteenth Century
- 2 Inchoate Reformation
- 3 The Confessional Turn
- 4 War
- 5 Schism
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The introduction describes the book’s major themes, including the distinctive features of reformation in the Low Countries: a reformation from below, the sustained judicial persecution it underwent, its entanglement with the political contest between the Habsburg government and local powers, the wars it helped spark, and its contribution to the emergence of two separate Netherlandish states by the end of the sixteenth century. It also includes a brief discussion of the historiography of the Netherlandish Reformation since the nineteenth century.
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- Reformation in the Low Countries, 1500-1620 , pp. 1 - 14Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022