On the Wrong Side of History: Crypto-Catholics, Enlightenment, and the Emergence of “Catholic-ism” in Late Eighteenth-Century Germany

This article investigates an episode of anti-Catholic polemic in the late eighteenth century in Germany. It shows how fear over the influence of “crypto-Catholics” masquerading as Protestants and exponents of Enlightenment triggered the conceptualization of “Catholicism” as a social and cultural for...

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Main Author: Schaefer, Richard ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Journal of religion in Europe
Year: 2022, Volume: 15, Issue: 1/4, Pages: 162-186
Further subjects:B history of concepts
B Friedrich Nicolai
B Reinhart Koselleck
B Enlightenment
B Catholicism
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