Catholic reform in the age of Luther : Duke George of Saxony and the church, 1488-1525
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Catholic reform in the age of Luther : Duke George of Saxony and the church, 1488-1525
（Studies in medieval and Reformation thought, v. 209）
Brill, c2017
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Reform statt Reformation : die Kirchenpolitik Herzog Georgs von Sachsen 1488-1525
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Originally published in German: Mohr Siebeck, 2008
Includes bibliographical references (p. 627-687) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In his portrait of Duke George of Saxony (1471-1539) Christoph Volkmar offers a fresh perspective on the early Reformation in Germany. Long before the Council of Trent, this book traces the origins of Catholic Reform to the very neighborhood of Wittenberg. The Dresden duke, cousin of Frederick the Wise, was one of Luther's most prominent opponents. Not only did he fight the Reformation, he also promoted ideas for renewal of the church. Based on thousands of archival records, many of them considered for the first time, Christoph Volkmar is mapping the church politics of a German prince who used the power of the territorial state to boost Catholic Reform, marking a third way apart from both Luther and Trent.
This book was orginally published in German as Reform statt Reformation. Die Kirchenpolitik Herzog Georgs von Sachsen, 1488-1525.
Table of Contents
Preface to the English Edition
Preface to the German Edition
Introduction
1 A Critical Survey of Scholarship
2 George of Saxony's Church Politics from a New Perspective
Church Governance and Catholic Reform before the Reformation (1488-ca. 1521)
3 Church Politics of German Princes in the Late Medieval Empire
4 The Wettin Tradition of Reform
5 George of Saxony (1471-1539) as a Reformer of the Church
6 Papacy and Council
7 The Empire
8 Bishops and Cathedral Chapters
9 The Ecclesiastical Court System
10 The Regular Clergy
11 The Lower Clergy
12 The Laity
13 Printing and the Public before Luther
14 Summary and Discussion
The Clash with the Early Reformation (1517-1525)
15 George of Saxony and Martin Luther: A New Look at an Old Enmity
16 "The Damned Lutheran Sect"
17 Church Politics against the Reformation in the Empire (1522-1525)
18 Outlawing the Reformation
19 Territorial Politics against Evangelical Pastors
20 Territorial Politics against Evangelical Monks
21 Territorial Politics against Evangelical Subjects
22 Preaching
23 Printing
24 Reform Instead of Reformation
25 Church Politics against the Reformation: Successes, Limits, Perspectives
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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