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This is a study of the religious controversy that broke out with Martin Luther, from the vantage of church property. The controversy eventually produced a Holy Roman Empire of two churches.
This is not an economic history. Rather, the book shows how acceptance of confiscation was won, and how theological advice was essential to the success of what is sometimes called a crucial if early stage of confessional state-building. It reviews the character of sacred property in the late Middle Ages, surveys confiscations in Reformation Germany on illustrative examples, summarizes the League of Schmalkalden’s defense of confiscations, systematically studies theological memoranda that shaped a common policy in the League, and shows the role of that common position in religious politics.
This is not an economic history. Rather, the book shows how acceptance of confiscation was won, and how theological advice was essential to the success of what is sometimes called a crucial if early stage of confessional state-building. It reviews the character of sacred property in the late Middle Ages, surveys confiscations in Reformation Germany on illustrative examples, summarizes the League of Schmalkalden’s defense of confiscations, systematically studies theological memoranda that shaped a common policy in the League, and shows the role of that common position in religious politics.
Price: $168.00
Pages: 340
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions
Publication Date:
30 June 2006
ISBN: 9789004152069
Format: Hardcover
Honorable Mention 2007 Gerald Strauss Prize
'This is a fascinating study of a too-often-ignored issue. The text is full of footnotes that both support his argument and call out for further study on their own.'
David M. Whitford, Renaissance Quarterly.
'This is a fascinating study of a too-often-ignored issue. The text is full of footnotes that both support his argument and call out for further study on their own.'
David M. Whitford, Renaissance Quarterly.
Christopher Ocker is Professor of History at the San Francisco Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley. He holds the Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary. His most recent book is Biblical Poetics before Humanism and Reformation (Cambridge 2002).