Enacting the Reformation in Germany: Essays on Institution and Reception (Variorum Collected Studies)

Enacting the Reformation in Germany brings together sixteen essays and articles written over a thirty-year period by a historian who has made it his special scholarly concern to trace and analyze the social consequences of the German Reformation’s salient ideas and positions. The picture Strauss draws of a country and a society struggling to understand and incorporate the deep structural and mental changes brought on by Martin Luther’s revolt against Rome has the sharpness and contrast of a visual image. Cover 1 Series 3 Half Title 4 Title 6 Copyright 7 Contents 8 Preface 12 Acknowledgements 17 Part One: Shaping the Country and its History 18 I The Course of German History: The Lutheran Interpretation 18 II The Image of Germany in the Sixteenth Century 40 III The Production of Johann Stumpf’s Description of the Swiss Confederation 52 Part Two: Some Political Agendas 71 IV Protestant Dogma and City Government: The Case of Nuremberg 71 V The Religious Policies of Dukes Wilhelm IV and Ludwig X of Bavaria in the First Decade of the Protestant Era 92 VI Luther as Barabbas 116 Part Three: Forming Minds and Habits 126 VII The State of Pedagogical Theory c. 1530: What Protestant Reformers Knew About Education 126 VIII The Social Function of Schools in the Lutheran Reformation in Germany 152 IX Liberal or Illiberal Arts? 168 Part Four: Gauging the Reform 176 X Lutheranism and Literacy: A Reassessment 176 XI Success and Failure in the German Reformation 191 XII The Reformation and Its Public in an Age of Orthodoxy 225 XIII How to Read a Volksbuch: The Faust Book of 1587 246 XIV The Idea of Order in the German Reformation 260 Part Five: Perspectives on the Reformation 276 XV Three Kinds of “Christian Freedom”: Law, Liberty, and License in the German Reformation 276 XVI The Dilemma of Popular History 292 Index 312 German,History;,Political,Agendas;,Religious,Policies German History,Political Agendas,Religious Policies Contains 16 essays and articles written over 16 years, which trace and analyze the social consequences of the German Reformation's salient ideas and positions. The text shows a society trying to understand the deep structural and mental changes brought on by Martin Luther's revolt against Rome. Gerald Strauss. Essays Originally Published 1958-1991. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.