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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781555503321

Autore

Van Amberg Joel

Titolo

A real presence [[electronic resource] ] : religious and social dynamics of the Eucharistic conflicts in early modern Augsburg, 1520-1530 / / by Joel Van Amberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012

ISBN

1-283-36602-9

9786613366023

90-04-21739-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Collana

Studies in the history of Christian traditions, , 1573-5664 ; ; v. 158

Disciplina

234/.163

Soggetti

Lord's Supper - History - 16th century

Sacramentarians - Germany - Augsburg

Christian sociology - Germany - Augsburg - History - 16th century

Augsburg (Germany) Church history 16th century

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Augsburg, the Reformation, and the Debate over the Eucharist -- The Schilling Affair: Populism, Revolt, and the Eucharist -- Michael Keller: The Builder of the Sacramentarian Church in Augsburg -- Sacramentarian Sects in Augsburg and their Transition to Anabaptism -- The Communal Dimension of the Eucharistic Conflict in Augsburg -- Conclusion -- Work Cited -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Places -- Index of Persons.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores conflicts in Augsburg, Germany during the first decade of the Protestant Reformation over the meaning and celebration of the Eucharist. Seeking to account for the strong appeal among the population of a symbolic interpretation of the Eucharist, it situates the theological debate in the context of conflict between guild members and the leading citizens in the city council over perceived growing political authoritarianism and the political future of the city, and between artisans and powerful merchant elites over changing economic realities of the early-modern economy. The author argues that the adoption of a symbolic interpretation of the Eucharist formed part of a



broader anti-mediational ideology that its supporters applied in the realms of politics, economics, and religion.