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Jason Lavery examines the Reformation in the Diocese of Turku during the reign of King Gustav Vasa (r. 1523-1560). This diocese, covering a territory better known then and now as Finland, encompassed the Swedish kingdom east of the Gulf of Bothnia. The Reformation in Finland was driven by King Gustav Vasa’s state-building program, sometimes referred to as “royal reform” in respect to the church, as well as the spread of Lutheran theology and practice. Both royal and Lutheran reform were mutually reinforcing and dependent upon one another.

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Author:   Jason Lavery
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   210
Weight:   0.527kg
ISBN:  

9789004354692

ISBN 10:   9004354697
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   23 November 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

"List of Maps and Tables Preface  Notes on Spelling, Terminology, and Electronic Sources Abbreviations Introduction: Scholars, Reformers, and the Diocese of Turku  The Reformation as Statebuilding  Finland's Lutheran Reformation  Finland as a Location of Reform  Place in Finland's History  A Word on Sources 1 The Church and Medieval Finland  Land and People  The Church and the Swedish Crown's Eastward Expansion  Finland's Church and the Swedish Kingdom's Domestic Politics  The Church as an Agent of Regionality  Finland's Medieval Church and European Culture  Reform in the Late Medieval Era  The End of the Kalmar Union and the Rise of Gustav Vasa 2 Finland and Gustav Vasa's Reformation by Crisis  Finland and Gustav's Rebellion  The Church and Gustav's Consolidation of Power  Gustav's Confiscations in Finland  Gustav and the Swedish Kingdom's Bishops  Gustav Vasa and the Episcopal See of Turku  The Rise of Lutheran Reform  The Arrival of Lutheran Reform in Finland  The Riksdag of Västerås 3 Reformation by Coexistence  Bishops and Reformation  The Background and Reputation of Martinus Skytte  The Royal Takeover of Ecclesiatical Wealth  Gustav Vasa, Reform, and Europe  Religious Reform  The First Steps Toward a Vernacular Church  The Wittenberg Flock  Gustav Vasa, the Germans, and the Bishops  A New Wave of Exactions 4 The Creation of a Royal Church  Mikael Agricola and His Account Book  A New Round of Confiscations  The Decline of the Cathedral Chapter  The King's Cultivation of Parishes  The Russian Threat  Ecclesiastical Courts 5 A Reformation in Reverse?  The Nobility  The Case of Naantali Abbey  The Reformation's Impact on the Cities  Socio-Economic Change in the Clergy  The Diocese of Turku—The Kingdom's Peaceful Quarter? 6 The Vernacular Reformation  Mikael Olofsson Agricola  ""Learn Now, Old and Young:"" Mikael Agricola and the Word of God in Finnish  God Hears Finnish Prayers  The New Testament and the Old Testament Books  ""In This Way the Mass is Held in Finnish""  The Handbook  Resources for Agricola's Work 7 Schools, Art, and Belief  The Decline of the School System  Paulus Juusten  Philipp Melanchthon and the Diocese of Turku  Art  Remains of Catholic Belief and Practice  The Persistence of Paganism  Witchcraft  Maintenance of Respect and Discipline  Calvinists and Sabbatarians 8 The End of the Medieval Diocese  New Bishops, New Dioceses  War with Russia  Gustav, the Church, and the War  The Final Royal Confiscations  John's Duchy of Finland  Petrus Follingius Conclusion Bibliography  Unpublished Sources  Published Primary Sources  Secondary Sources Index"

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Jason Lavery, Ph.D. (1997), is Professor of History at Oklahoma State University and Docent in the Church History of Finland and Scandinavia at the University of Helsinki. He has published widely on the history of Finland, Scandinavia, and the Baltic Sea region, including The History of Finland (Greenwood, 2006).

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