Religion, Government and Political Culture in Early Modern Germany: Lindau, 1520-1628

Religion, Government and Political Culture in Early Modern Germany: Lindau, 1520-1628
ISBN-10
0230506259
ISBN-13
9780230506251
Category
History
Pages
261
Language
English
Published
2001-12-05
Publisher
Springer
Author
J. Wolfart

Description

The story of conflict in an island community offers a valuable case study for the analysis of early modern German political culture. Investigations range from interpersonal relations to dynamics of civic church and imperial government. Chronicled throughout are the interactions of two opposing principles in modern society 'secular' vs 'spiritual' and 'public' vs 'private'. These are found to operate both discursively and institutionally, and are deployed to help establish 'sovereign authority' ( Obrigkeit ), as well as to articulate resistance in the form of 'bourgeois republican ideology'.

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