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In the early-modern period - as both reformed and Catholic churches strove to articulate orthodox belief and conduct through texts, sermons, rituals, and images - communities grappled frequently with the connection between sacred space and behavior. The Sacralization of Space and... Behavior in the Early Modern World explores individual and community involvement in the approbation, reconfiguration and regulation of sacred spaces and the behavior (both animal and human) within them. The individuala (TM)s understanding of sacred space, and consequently the behavior appropriate within it, depended on local need, group dynamics, and the dissemination of normative expectations. While these expectations were defined in a growing body of confessionalizing literature, locally and internationally traditional clerical authorities found their decisions contested, circumvented, or elaborated in order to make room for other stakeholdersa (TM) activities and needs. To clearly reveal the efforts of early modern groups to negotiate authority and the transformation of behavior with sacred space, this collection presents examples that allow the deconstruction of these tensions and the exploration of the resulting campaigns within sacred space. Based on new archival research the eleven chapters in this collection examine diverse aspects of the campaigns to transform Christian behavior within a variety of types of sacred space and through a spectrum of media. These essays give voice to the arguments, exhortations, and accusations that surrounded the activities taking place in early modern sacred space and reveal much about how people made sense of these transformations.
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Originally published as 'L'homme pressae' in France in 1941 --Colophon.
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Dr Georg Eder rose from humble origins to hold a number of high positions at Vienna University and the city's Habsburg court between 1552 and 1584. This book examines his position as a Catholic in the predominantly Protestant Vienna of his day and his survival as an advocate of C...atholic reform, largely through the protection of Habsburgs' rivals.
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The Whole Book of Psalms was one of the most published and widely read books of early modern England, running to over 1000 editions between the 1570s and the early eighteenth century. This book is the study of it, and the critical examination of the texts of which it comprises.
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An examination of the debate over clerical marriage in Reformation polemic and of its impact on the English clergy in the second half of the 16th century. The study sets the debate within the context of the key debates of Reformation, offering insights into attempts to break with... the Catholic past.
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Places John Day in the context of the sixteenth-century printing industry, and examines his disputed origins and establishment as a London printer. This book discusses his Elizabethan career, together with the most significant works he printed, and his connections with the Strang...er communities in London.
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Richard Greenham was one of the most important and respected figures among the Elizabethan clergy and the founder of the pastoral art of curing cases of conscience. This study presents a biography of Greenham, an analysis of his work and pastoral style, and a selection of his wri...tings.
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Interest in John Foxe and his influential text Acts and Monuments has been re-ignited. This volume, the third to arise from a series of international colloquia on Foxe, collects essays by established and up-and-coming scholars on topics including Roman Catholicism, gender and vis...ual culture.
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The author casts a sympathetic eye over forms of belief that would have incited the orthodox of both sides, in this book on the Reformation. Subjects include the congregation of Windesheim and its influence on Protestantism, the Protestant attack on popular culture, and marriage ...and the family.
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John Winram's life spanned almost the whole of the 16th century: a life which he began committed to service in the Roman Catholic Church and ended committed to service in the New Reformed Church. This study attempts to uncover the steps which he took on his journey.
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