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Prevailing scholarly analysis of the public disputations between D.V. Coornhert (1522-1590) and Dutch Reformed ministers is firmly rooted in a principled view of early modern tolerance. This study proposes a new point of departure, which involves breaking away from a Coornhert-centred reading of the debates in Leiden and the Hague, while focusing on the formal status of these disputations instead. Government support of the Reformed Church proved the backbone of these illuminating ‘disputations by decree’. The public legitimization of the Reformed Church – a goal with both political and theological significance – was at stake. As a micro-history of two very unique occasions in Dutch history, this study sheds new light on the complex development of political and religious argument in the early phase of the Dutch Revolt.

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Author:   Marianne Roobol ,  Paul Arblaster
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   152
Weight:   0.702kg
ISBN:  

9789004186613

ISBN 10:   9004186611
Pages:   310
Publication Date:   05 October 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Disputation by decree. An introduction 1. Wartime polemics. On the public church Letters and pamphlets Troubled times A public church Scepticism 2. Room for debate. A question of tolerance? The cult of Coornhert The problem of liberty Reformation and disputation 3. The Coornhert affair (I). From correspondence to disputation Thomas Tilius Pestilens ille homo Paper controversy Debate in Delft Leiden academy and beyond 4. Pro et contra. The Leiden disputation (1578) Along the Rapenburg Fury Disorder Settling accounts Exit 5. The Coornhert affair (II). From pamphlet to disputation Adrianus Saravia Narrow margins Proeve Resolution, remonstrance and request Lobbying a reluctant States 6. Bridging the divide. The disputation in the Hague (1583) The Binnenhof Conditions Pertinentia Multiplication Persuasiveness An open ending In conclusion. Authority and order Bibliography Index

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impressive [...] I hope that Roobol's study will not only cause a revolution in Coornhert-research, but will also stimulate a re-evaluation of other supposed forerunners of liberal theology in their historical context. Kees de Wildt, VU University Amsterdam. In: Church History and Religious Culture, Vol. 92, Nos. 2-3 (2012), pp. 390-394.

impressive [...] I hope that Roobol's study will not only cause a revolution in Coornhert-research, but will also stimulate a re-evaluation of other supposed forerunners of liberal theology in their historical context. Kees de Wildt, VU University Amsterdam. In: Church History and Religious Culture, Vol. 92, Nos. 2-3 (2012), pp. 390-394.

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Marianne Roobol, Ph.D. (2005) in History, University of Amsterdam, studied History at the University of Leiden.

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