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Kümin, Beat A. (2016) Rural society. In: Rublack, Ulinka, (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Protestant Reformations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199646920

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Abstract

This essay surveys the long-term negotiation of religious reform in European villages. Following an account of institutional developments and popular religion in late medieval parishes, it traces the—selective—reception of the Lutheran, Zwinglian, and Calvinist messages, especially in the Holy Roman Empire, Scandinavia, the British Isles, Eastern Europe, and the Swiss Confederation, including the latter’s bi-confessional areas. Alongside personal piety, princely interests, and clerical leadership, the argument stresses the importance of political, socioeconomic, and cultural factors in determining whether peasants experienced substantial religious change. In the rare cases where rural communities could take their own decisions, some opted for Catholicism (Swiss Forest Cantons) and others for Protestantism (German imperial villages). The most thoroughly “reformed” regime emerged in early modern Scotland.

Item Type: Book Item
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Lutheran Church, Zwinglianism, Calvinism, Peasants -- Religious life -- Europe , Protestantism , Catholic Church
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Place of Publication: Oxford
ISBN: 9780199646920
Book Title: The Oxford Handbook of Protestant Reformations
Editor: Rublack, Ulinka
Official Date: June 2016
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June 2016Available
Volume: 1
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199646920.013.11
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
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