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OverviewExamines the diverse experiences of Reformed Protestant religious refugees fleeing war and persecution in the Netherlands for cities and towns in the Holy Roman Empire in the late sixteenth century. Starting in the mid-sixteenth century, widespread persecution and war forced tens of thousands of Reformed Protestants in the Netherlands to flee their homes for new communities in England and the Holy Roman Empire. This book follows those refugees who escaped to large cities and small towns to the east and southeast, up the Rhine River watershed. The comprehensive approach taken here examines these forced migrations from political, intellectual, social, cultural, religious, and linguistic perspectives, including using a large prosopographical database to track refugees' movements and experiences. It challenges scholars' claims that Reformed Protestants developed more doctrinal, volunteeristic, and well-organized churches particularly capable of surviving the challenges of persecution and exile. Instead, the authors show, refugees proved remarkably willing to compromise and adapt, even as they built new relationships with the unfamiliar people they met abroad. Based on an extensive collaboration between two senior scholars with different but complementary intellectual backgrounds-one a European trained in theology and intellectual history and the other a North American with expertise in social and cultural history-and the team of researchers they led, this book challenges conventional wisdom about refugees and forced migrations in early modern Europe. Upon publication, this book is openly available in digital formats thanks to generous funding from the Dutch Research Council. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Mirjam van Veen , Professor Jesse SpohnholzPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd Imprint: University of Rochester Press Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9781648250767ISBN 10: 1648250769 Pages: 326 Publication Date: 13 February 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsFigures and Tables Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Leaving Home 2. Foreign Accommodations 3. Strangers and Neighbors 4. Managing Worship 5. Living in Diaspora 6. Returning and Remembering Afterword Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationMIRJAM VAN VEEN is Professor of Church History at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. JESSE SPOHNHOLZ is Professor of History at Washington State University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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