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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819741303321

Autore

Rummel Erika <1942->

Titolo

The confessionalization of humanism in Reformation Germany / / Erika Rummel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-19-773870-2

1-280-83451-X

0-19-535033-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 pages)

Collana

Oxford studies in historical theology

Disciplina

144/.0943

274.306

Soggetti

Humanism - Germany

Reformation - Germany

Germany Church history 16th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-203) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; ONE: Humanists and Reformers as Allies: A Constructive Misunderstanding?; TWO: Humanists and Reformers as Foes: Humanistic Studies and Confessional Formation; THREE: No Room for Skeptics; FOUR: Humanists and Confessionalization: Fear, Equivocation, and Withdrawal; FIVE: The Nicodemism of Men of Letters; SIX: The Idea of Accommodation: From Humanism to Politics; Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Erika Rummel explores the effect of the Reformation on humanism in this study that turns the conventional debate upon its head. The author argues that both the Catholic Church and the Reform movement used humanistic ideas to further their own agendas.