Reformation in the Low Countries, 1500-1620

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This accessible general history of the Reformation in the Netherlands traces the key developments in the process of reformation - both Protestant and Catholic - across the whole of the Low Countries during the sixteenth century. Synthesizing fifty years' worth of scholarly literature, Christine Kooi focuses particularly on the political context of the era: how religious change took place against the integration and disintegration of the Habsburg composite state in the Netherlands. Special attention is given to the Reformation's role in both fomenting and fuelling the Revolt against the Habsburg regime in the later sixteenth century, as well as how it contributed to the formation of the region's two successor states, the Dutch Republic and the Southern Netherlands. Reformation in the Low Countries, 1500-1620 is essential reading for scholars and students of early modern European history, bringing together specialized, contemporary research on the Low Countries in one volume. Cover Half-title page Title page Copyright page Dedication Contents List of Illustrations List of Maps Acknowledgments A Note on Nomenclature List of Abbreviations Introduction 1 The Netherlands in the Early Sixteenth Century “The Lands Over Here” The Habsburg Composite State The Church 2 Inchoate Reformation Evangelicals Anabaptists Reaction 3 The Confessional Turn From Anabaptist to Mennonite Reformed Protestantism Catholic Reform 4 War The Wonderyear Repression and Exile Revolutionary Reformation Reconquest and Consolidation 5 Schism The Southern Netherlands: Catholic Reformation The Dutch Republic: Protestantism and Pluralism Conclusion The Wider Context Bibliography Index