The Protracted Reformation in the North: Volume III from the Project The Protracted Reformation in Northern Norway (PRiNN) (Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte 144) (Issn, 144)

The formation of the European nation states was deeply affected by the Reformation processes during the 16th century. In order to understand today's Europe, it is necessary to come to terms with the historical processes that shaped these emerging nation states. The book discusses such processes with particular attention to how they affected the northernmost parts of Europe. The book consists of three main parts: 1) Church and State, 2) Interaction and Networks, 3) Ideas and Images. In the first part, the authors examine various aspects of the relationship between the church and the state, and how the Reformation processes contributed to reshape this relationship. In the second part, the development of the social and economic networks among the population of Northern Fennoscandia is mapped, taking account of how such networks were affected by different ethnic groups. The role of the church and the mission in the state integration of the Northern borderless areas is also examined, as well as the new Lutheran clergy and their social and material conditions. In the third part, the visual and material expressions of the Reformation period is analyzed, as well as the encounter between the Catholic, the Lutheran and the Sámi religion. What were the long-term consequences of the Reformation in the High North? In this book, a multidisciplinary approach is applied to the Reformation processes in northern Scandinavia. Taking a long chronological perspective from the late Middle Ages to the early 1700s, the book aims to clarify general social changes entailed by the Reformation and to identify major factors which shaped the developments in the North.