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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464904803321

Autore

Kurihara Ken

Titolo

Celestial wonders in Reformation Germany / / by Ken Kurihara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Brookfield, Vermont : , : Pickering & Chatto, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-317-31873-0

1-315-65432-6

1-78144-068-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World ; ; Number 13

Disciplina

200.94309031

Soggetti

Astronomy - Religious aspects - Christianity

Reformation - Germany

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Introduction: Celestial Wonders, Confessional Conflicts and Apocalypticism -- 1 Exploring the World of Wunderzeichen -- 2 Lutheran Clergy and Wunderzeichen Discourses -- 3 'An Eagle Hurting Himself ': Flacius's Tract against the Interim -- 4 Irenaeus against 'Spiritual Wolves': Polemical Use of Wunderzeichen, I -- 5 Irenaeus against the Concord: Polemical Use of Wunderzeichen, II -- 6 Andreae's Pastoral Use of Wunderzeichen -- 7 Celestial Wonders under the Shadow of War -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Celestial phenomena were often harnessed for use by clerics in early modern Germany. Kurihara examines how and why interest in these events grew in this period, how the clergy exploited these beliefs and the role of sectarianism in Germany at this time.