Disputation by decree : the public disputations between reformed ministers and Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert as instruments of religious policy during the Dutch Revolt (1577-1583)

Author(s)

• Roobol, Marianne

Bibliographic Information

Disputation by decree : the public disputations between reformed ministers and Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert as instruments of religious policy during the Dutch Revolt (1577-1583)

by Marianne Roobol

（Studies in medieval and Reformation thought, v. 152）

Brill, 2010

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-305) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

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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Details

• NCID: BB04469642
• ISBN:
  • 9789004186613
• LCCN: 2010030517
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 308 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DH186.5
  • DC22 : 949.2/03
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Netherlands -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1556-1648 -- Religious aspects
  • LCSH : Coornhert, D. V. (Dirk Volkertszoon), 1522-1590
  • LCSH : Donteclock, Reginaldus, ca. 1545-ca. 1611?
  • LCSH : Saravia, Adrien, 1530-1612
  • LCSH : Reformation -- Netherlands
  • LCSH : Reformed Church -- Doctrines -- History -- 16th century
  • LCSH : Netherlands -- Church history -- 16th century
  • LCSH : Religious tolerance -- Netherlands -- History -- 16th century
  • LCSH : Gereformeerde Kerk in de Nederlanden -- Doctrines -- History -- 16th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00535384