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Religious Toleration and Social Change in Hamburg, 1529-1819

By Joachim Whaley

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2002
ISBN
0521528720, 9780521528726
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9236082 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History
Pages
264\263
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The emergence of religious toleration was one of the main features of the development of Western society after the Reformation. While previous research has concentrated largely on ideas of toleration, this study of the Lutheran Imperial City of Hamburg analyses the way in which those ideas were received and gradually implemented. Hamburg was one of the most dynamic mercantile centres of early modern Europe. It attracted substantial numbers of Catholics, Calvinists and Jews. Dr Whaley examines the factors, which influenced the often uneasy relationship with the Lutheran majority. He illuminates the interaction between religion, politics and social change, and shows the impact of international movements and German Imperial legislation on local controversies. An analysis of the major religious and secular festivities, like the centenaries of the Reformation, illuminates those deep-rooted political and ideological factors which cancelled out the obvious economic and humanitarian arguments in favour of open toleration.

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