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Author:   Andrew Spicer
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138107779

ISBN 10:   1138107778
Pages:   536
Publication Date:   24 May 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"Contents: Preface; Introduction: Lutheran churches and confessional identity, Andrew Spicer; Early modern Lutheran churches: redefining the boundaries of the holy and the profane, Vera Isaiasz; Lutheran churches and confessional competition in Augsburg, Emily Fisher Gray; Epitaphs in dialogue with sacred space: post-Reformation furnishings in the parish churches of St Nikolai and St Marien in Berlin, Maria Dieters; Framing the sacred: Lutheran church furnishings in the Holy Roman Empire, Margit Thøfner; Marian imagery and its function in the Lutheran churches of early modern Transylvania, Maria Craciun; 'On Sundays for the laity ... we allow mass vestments, altars and candles to remain': the role of pre-Reformation ecclesiastical vestments in the formation of confessional, corporate and 'national' identities, Evelin Wetter; The material presence of music in church: the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, Matthias Range; Lutheran theology and artistic media responses to the theological discourse on the visual arts, Sven Rune Havsteen; Re-forming the confessional space: early Lutheran churches in Denmark, c.1536-1660, Birgitte Bøggild Johannsen and Hugo Johannsen; State church and church state: churches and their interiors in post-Reformation Norway, 1537-1705, Øystein Ekroll; Church furnishings and rituals in a Swedish provincial cathedral from 1527 to c.1660, Riitta Laitinen; 'Das ""Geistliche Gebäwde"" der Kirche': the Lutheran Church in early modern Estonia as a meeting place of theological, social and artistic ideas, Krista Kodres; Lutherans in Cracow - contesting the sacred topography, Agnieszka Madej-Anderson; Lutheran churches in Poland, Jan Harasimowicz; 'Hic coeli porta est, hic domus ecce dei'. Lutheran churches in the Dutch world, c.1566-1719, Andrew Spicer; Afterword, Susan C. Karant-Nunn; Index."

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'Although thematically focused, the volume’s geographic breadth is expansive, covering Germany, Transylvania, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Poland, the Dutch Republic, and its overseas settlements in Batavia and Cape Town. The essays offer a capacious understanding of spatiality through their interdisciplinary explorations of material culture, theology, politics, and social context.' Renaissance Quarterly 'This collection of essays ... moves past a discussion of Lutheran images to address Lutheran material culture as a whole, from liturgical vestments to organ decoration. Departing from a Germanic-centred perspective, the European scope of the work allows for comparisons between those regions where Lutheranism was firmly adopted, in Germany and Denmark for example, and those countries where Lutherans were in a minority, such as Holland.' European History Quarterly 'The case studies brought together in this volume reveal a variety of circumstances faced by Lutheran worshipers across early modern Europe. The emphasis on diverse and distinctive characteristics and traditions in material culture within this wide geographical scope renders possible a comprehensive understanding of Lutheran Churches' layouts in the wake of the Reformation.' Sixteenth Century Journal

'Although thematically focused, the volume's geographic breadth is expansive, covering Germany, Transylvania, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Poland, the Dutch Republic, and its overseas settlements in Batavia and Cape Town. The essays offer a capacious understanding of spatiality through their interdisciplinary explorations of material culture, theology, politics, and social context.' Renaissance Quarterly 'This collection of essays ... moves past a discussion of Lutheran images to address Lutheran material culture as a whole, from liturgical vestments to organ decoration. Departing from a Germanic-centred perspective, the European scope of the work allows for comparisons between those regions where Lutheranism was firmly adopted, in Germany and Denmark for example, and those countries where Lutherans were in a minority, such as Holland.' European History Quarterly 'The case studies brought together in this volume reveal a variety of circumstances faced by Lutheran worshipers across early modern Europe. The emphasis on diverse and distinctive characteristics and traditions in material culture within this wide geographical scope renders possible a comprehensive understanding of Lutheran Churches' layouts in the wake of the Reformation.' Sixteenth Century Journal

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Andrew Spicer is Professor of Early Modern European History at Oxford Brookes University, UK.

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