Doctrinal controversy and lay religiosity in late Reformation Germany : the case of Mansfeld

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    • Christman, Robert J.

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Doctrinal controversy and lay religiosity in late Reformation Germany : the case of Mansfeld

by Robert J. Christman

(Studies in medieval and Reformation thought, v. 157)

Brill, 2012

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-297) and index

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In recent years, historians have questioned the notion that belief was central to the Reformation's success, arguing rather for a variety of social, political, economic, and psychological forces. This study examines one of the intra-Lutheran doctrinal debates, the Flacian controversy over original sin, as means to analyze lay religiosity in the late Reformation. It focuses on the German territory of Mansfeld, where the conflict had miners brawling in the streets, and where a wealth of sources from the laity have survived. This extraordinary evidence demonstrates that although diverse forces were at work, by the late sixteenth century many commoners had developed a complex understanding of Lutheran doctrines, and these beliefs had become informing factors in the laity's lives.

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Introduction Doctrinal Controversy as a Window onto Lay Religiosity Chapter 1 A Portrait of Mansfeld in the Sixteenth Century Chapter 2 Competing Views of Original Sin and Associated Arguments and Meanings Chapter 3 The Pastors and their Parishioners Chapter 4 The Counts and the Controversy Chapter 5 The "Heretics" of Mansfeld Chapter 6 Extra-doctrinal Forces Affecting the Laity Chapter 7 Lay Understandings of Original Sin and Lutheran Theology Chapter 8 Conclusion Bibliography Index Illustrations Hans OEtzen, Ein schon christliches und warhafftiges gebett von gesetze und evangelinis gestellt durch Hans Oetz ein leye imm Thall Mansfelt gegewen im ihar unsers Herren Jhesu Christi anno 1575, Landeshauptarchiv Sachsen-Anhalt, Abteilung Magdeburg, Standort Wernigerode. Matthaus Merian, Mansfeldt c. 1650. Copperplate. Tables Table 1. The Occupations of the Mansfelder Laity Table 2. The Mansfelder Laity Table 3. Luther Citations Found in the Lay Confessions

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