The Empire’s reformations: politics and religion in Germany, 1495-1648
"The Empire's Reformationsprovides a concise overview of reform movements in 16th-century Germany that gave birth to the modern division of western Christianity into multiple denominations – Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist, and more. It exposes the origins of modern religious pluralism...
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CONTENTS List of Figures x Acknowledgments xi Timeline xii Note on Style and Citation xvi 1 Introduction: The Empire’s Reformations 1 2 Reformations of the Fifteenth Century 11 3 Insurgencies 45 4 A Multiconfessional Empire 81 5 Coping with Diversity 115 6 Conclusion: 1648: Change and Continuity 153 Glossary 175 Notes 181 Index 193
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