Celestial wonders in Reformation Germany / / by Ken Kurihara

• Autore: Kurihara Ken
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Brookfield, Vermont : , : Pickering & Chatto, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 200.94309031
• Soggetto topico: Astronomy - Religious aspects - Christianity; Reformation - Germany
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Celestial wonders in Reformation Germany
• ISBN: 1-317-31873-0; 1-315-65432-6; 1-78144-068-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464904803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religious cultures in the early modern world ; ; no. 13.