Between state and church: confessional relations from Reformation to Enlightenment: Poland - Lithuania - Germany - Netherlands
"The different theoretical notions and practices of the relations between the state and religious communities in early modern Europe constitute one of the most interesting problems in histography. Moving away from a simple "toleration" versus "non-toleration" dichotomy, the...
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| Language: | English |
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Peter Lang Edition
[2016]
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Polish studies - transdisciplinary perspectives (volume 16)
Year: 2016 |
| Series/Journal: | Polish studies - transdisciplinary perspectives
volume 16 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Poles
/ Lithuania
/ Germany
/ Netherlands
/ Church
/ State
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| Further subjects: | B
Reformation (Europe)
B Netherlands Church history B Church and state (Europe) B Poland Church history B Germany Church history B Enlightenment (Europe) B Lithuania Church history |
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| Summary: | "The different theoretical notions and practices of the relations between the state and religious communities in early modern Europe constitute one of the most interesting problems in histography. Moving away from a simple "toleration" versus "non-toleration" dichotomy, the author sets out to analyse the inter-confessional relations in selected European territories in a "longue duree" perspective, between Reformation and Enlightenment. Outliningthe relations between the state and the different Churches (confessions) in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Holy Roman Empire of Germany, and the Northern Netherlands serves to highlight the specificity of "free" (non-absolutist) composite states, where the particularly complex process of defining the raison d'etat determined the level of religious toleration that was politically feasible and socially acceptable |
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| Item Description: | Mit Register "© Peter Lang GmbH Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Frankfurt am Main 2016". - "Peter Lang Edition is an Imprint of Peter Lang GmbH. Peter Lang - Frankfurt am Main [6 weitere Orte]" (Impressum) |
| ISBN: | 3631626703 |