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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824011203321

Autore

Roobol Marianne

Titolo

Disputation by decree : the public disputations between Reformed ministers and Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert as instruments of religious policy during the Dutch Revolt (1577-1583) / / Marianne Roobol

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden : , : Brill, , 2010

ISBN

1-283-11966-8

9786613119667

90-04-18880-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 308 pages)

Collana

Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, , 1573-4188 ; ; v. 152

Disciplina

949.2/03

Soggetti

Reformation - Netherlands

Reformed Church - Doctrines - History - 16th century

Religious tolerance - Netherlands - History - 16th century

Netherlands History Eighty Years' War, 1568-1648 Religious aspects

Netherlands 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 (p. [293]-305) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Wartime polemics : on the public church -- Room for debate : a question of tolerance? -- The Coornhert Affair (I) : from correspondence to disputation -- Pro et contra : the Leiden disputation (1578) -- The Coornhert Affair (II) : from pamphlet to disputation -- Bridging the divide : the disputation in the Hague (1583).

Sommario/riassunto

Summary: Prevailing scholarly analysis of the public disputations between D.V. Coornhert (1522-1590) and Dutch Reformed ministers is firmly rooted in a principled view of early modern tolerance. This study proposes a new point of departure, which involves breaking away from a Coornhert-centred reading of the debates in Leiden and the Hague, while focusing on the formal status of these disputations instead. Government support of the Reformed Church proved the backbone of these illuminating 'disputations by decree'. The public legitimization of the Reformed Church - a goal with both political and theological significance - was at stake. As a micro-history of two very unique



occasions in Dutch history, this study sheds new light on the complex development of political and religious argument in the early phase of the Dutch Revolt.