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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796513803321

Autore

Lavery Jason Edward

Titolo

Reforming Finland : the diocese of Turku in the age of Gustav Vasa 1523-1560 / / Jason Lavery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, the Netherlands : , : Koninklijke Brill, NV, , 2017

ISBN

90-04-35470-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 pages) : illustrations, maps, tables

Collana

Studies in medieval and reformation traditions ; ; v. 210

Disciplina

274.897/06

Soggetti

Reformation - Finland

Finland Church history 16th century

Finland History 1523-1611

Sweden History Gustav I Vasa, 1523-1560

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Scholars, Reformers, and the Diocese of Turku -- The Church and Medieval Finland -- Finland and Gustav Vasa's Reformation by Crisis -- Reformation by Coexistence -- The Creation of a Royal Church -- A Reformation in Reverse? -- The Vernacular Reformation -- Schools, Art, and Belief -- The End of the Medieval Diocese -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Jason Lavery examines the Reformation in the Diocese of Turku during the reign of King Gustav Vasa (r. 1523-1560). This diocese, covering a territory better known then and now as Finland, encompassed the Swedish kingdom east of the Gulf of Bothnia. The Reformation in Finland was driven by King Gustav Vasa's state-building program, sometimes referred to as "royal reform" in respect to the church, as well as the spread of Lutheran theology and practice. Both royal and Lutheran reform were mutually reinforcing and dependent upon one another.