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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464090703321

Titolo

Religious reading in the Lutheran north [[electronic resource] ] : studies in early modern Scandinavian book culture / / edited by Charlotte Appel and Morten Fink-Jensen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011

ISBN

1-283-14221-X

1-4438-2767-3

9786613142214

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AppelCharlotte <1960->

Fink-JensenMorten <1969->

Disciplina

284.148

Soggetti

Books and reading - Religious aspects - Christianity

Books and reading - Scandinavia - History

Religious literature - History and criticism

Scandinavian prose literature - History and criticism

Publishers and publishing - Scandinavia - History

Reformation - Scandinavia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

Religious Reading in the Lutheran North opens up the doors to a part of early modern European history that has often been overlooked. In the Nordic countries, an abundance of religious literature in the vernacular was produced in the centuries following the Reformation, and reading was almost exclusively taught to children in a Lutheran Protestant setting. Literacy rates were high, and by the mid eighteenth century around ninety per cent of both men and women could read. The eight contributio...