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In his portrait of Duke George of Saxony (1471–1539) Christoph Volkmar offers a fresh perspective on the early Reformation in Germany. Long before the Council of Trent, this book traces the origins of Catholic Reform to the very neighborhood of Wittenberg. The Dresden duke, cousin of Frederick the Wise, was one of Luther's most prominent opponents. Not only did he fight the Reformation, he also promoted ideas for renewal of the church. Based on thousands of archival records, many of them considered for the first time, Christoph Volkmar is mapping the church politics of a German prince who used the power of the territorial state to boost Catholic Reform, marking a third way apart from both Luther and Trent. This book was orginally published in German as Reform statt Reformation. Die Kirchenpolitik Herzog Georgs von Sachsen, 1488-1525.

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Author:   Christoph Volkmar
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   209
Weight:   1.250kg
ISBN:  

9789004261884

ISBN 10:   9004261885
Pages:   708
Publication Date:   23 November 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Preface to the English Edition Preface to the German Edition Introduction 1 A Critical Survey of Scholarship 2 George of Saxony’s Church Politics from a New Perspective Church Governance and Catholic Reform before the Reformation (1488–ca. 1521) 3 Church Politics of German Princes in the Late Medieval Empire 4 The Wettin Tradition of Reform 5 George of Saxony (1471–1539) as a Reformer of the Church 6 Papacy and Council 7 The Empire 8 Bishops and Cathedral Chapters 9 The Ecclesiastical Court System 10 The Regular Clergy 11 The Lower Clergy 12 The Laity 13 Printing and the Public before Luther 14 Summary and Discussion The Clash with the Early Reformation (1517–1525) 15 George of Saxony and Martin Luther: A New Look at an Old Enmity 16 “The Damned Lutheran Sect” 17 Church Politics against the Reformation in the Empire (1522–1525) 18 Outlawing the Reformation 19 Territorial Politics against Evangelical Pastors 20 Territorial Politics against Evangelical Monks 21 Territorial Politics against Evangelical Subjects 22 Preaching 23 Printing 24 Reform Instead of Reformation 25 Church Politics against the Reformation: Successes, Limits, Perspectives Conclusion Bibliography Index

Reviews

This book is a milestone in early modern studies. [...] superior book, a combination of good writing and translation, easily digestible themes, and effective interpretation of archival, primary, and secondary evidence. Andrew A. Chibi. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 49, No. 4 (Winter 2018), pp. 1163-1165.

Author Information

Christoph Volkmar, Ph.D. (2007), is Director of Magdeburg City Archives and lecturer (Privatdozent) at the University of Leipzig. He is author of Die Heiligenerhebung Bennos von Meißen (Aschendorff, 2002) and Jörgs Junker. Landadel und Reformation im Mittelelberaum (forthcoming).

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