Religion, Politics and Social Protest

Taylor & Francis

Religion, Politics and Social ProtestThree Studies on Early Modern Germany\nAuthor(s): Peter Blickle, Kaspar von Greyerz, Hans-Christoph Rublack, Winfried Schulze\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032049670, 978-1032049670\nSynopsis\nThis book, first published in 1984, brings together three essays written by specialists in German history of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries whose important work is little known to English-speaking historians. Peter Blickle argues for a strong connection between the theology of the Reformation and the ideologies of the social protest movements of the period. Hans-Christoph Rublack takes a wider theme of the political and social norms in urban communities in the Holy Roman Empire and emphasises the ideas of justice, peace and unity held within the community despite the upheavals of revolution and protest. Winfried Schulze provides a comparative assessment of early modern peasan.