Moderate Voices in the European Reformation by Racaut, Luc; Ryrie, Alec - 2005

Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2005. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xiv, 219pp. Ex-library. Sticker that was on spine has cleaned up nicely, leaving only a little darkened area to lower spine. A remnant of a sticker remains on back cover. No dust-jacket. Just light wear to exterior, including just a few, minor abrasions to cloth. Text clean. Binding sound. A good, clean, sound copy

Hardback. New. Between the religious massacres, conflicts and martyrdoms that characterised much of Reformation Europe, there seems little room for a consideration of the concept of moderation. Yet it was precisely because of this extremism that many Europeans, both individuals and regimes, were forced into positions of moderation as they found themselves caught in the confessional crossfire. This is not to suggest that such people refused to take sides, but rather that they were unwilling or unable to conform fully to emerging confessional orthodoxies. By conducting an investigation into the idea of 'moderation', this volume raises intriguing concepts and offers a fuller understanding of the pressures that shaped the confessional landscape of Reformation Europe. A number of essays present case studies examining 'moderates' who existed uneasily in the space between coercion and persuasion in Britain, France and the Holy Roman Empire. Others look more broadly at local and national… Read More

Ashgate Pub Co, 2005. Hardcover. New. 219 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches.

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