DIVERSITY AND DISSENT

DIVERSITY AND DISSENT

Contents

Contents

Figures

Figures

Notes on Contributors

Notes on Contributors

Preface

Preface

Introduction — Between Conflict and Concord: The Challenge of Religious Diversity in Central Europe

Introduction — Between Conflict and Concord: The Challenge of Religious Diversity in Central Europe

Chapter 1 — Constructing and Crossing Confessional Boundaries: The High Nobility and the Reformation of Bohemia

Chapter 1 — Constructing and Crossing Confessional Boundaries: The High Nobility and the Reformation of Bohemia

Chapter 2 — Religious Toleration in Sixteenth-Century Poland: Political Realities and Social Constraints

Chapter 2 — Religious Toleration in Sixteenth-Century Poland: Political Realities and Social Constraints

Chapter 3 — Customs of Confession: Managing Religious Diversity in Late Sixteenth- and Early Seventeenth-Century Westphalia

Chapter 3 — Customs of Confession: Managing Religious Diversity in Late Sixteenth- and Early Seventeenth-Century Westphalia

Chapter 4 — Cuius Regio, Eius Religio: The Ambivalent Meanings of State Building in Protestant Germany, 1555–1655

Chapter 4 — Cuius Regio, Eius Religio: The Ambivalent Meanings of State Building in Protestant Germany, 1555–1655

Chapter 5 — The Entropy of Coercion in the Holy Roman Empire: Jews, Heretics, Witches

Chapter 5 — The Entropy of Coercion in the Holy Roman Empire: Jews, Heretics, Witches

Chapter 6 — Conflict and Concord in Early Modern Poland: Catholics and Orthodox at the Union of Brest

Chapter 6 — Conflict and Concord in Early Modern Poland: Catholics and Orthodox at the Union of Brest

Chapter 7 — Confessionalization and the Jews: Impacts and Parallels in the City of Strasbourg

Chapter 7 — Confessionalization and the Jews: Impacts and Parallels in the City of Strasbourg

Chapter 8 — Mary "Triumphant over Demons and Also Heretics": Religious Symbols and Confessional Uniformity in Catholic Germany

Chapter 8 — Mary "Triumphant over Demons and Also Heretics": Religious Symbols and Confessional Uniformity in Catholic Germany

Chapter 9 — Heresy and Literacy in the Eighteenth-Century Habsburg Monarchy

Chapter 9 — Heresy and Literacy in the Eighteenth-Century Habsburg Monarchy

Chapter 10 — Union, Reunion, or Toleration? Reconciliatory Attempts among Eighteenth-Century Protestants

Chapter 10 — Union, Reunion, or Toleration? Reconciliatory Attempts among Eighteenth-Century Protestants

Chapter 11 — Confessional Uniformity, Toleration, Freedom of Religion: An Issue for Enlightened Absolutism in the Eighteenth Century

Chapter 11 — Confessional Uniformity, Toleration, Freedom of Religion: An Issue for Enlightened Absolutism in the Eighteenth Century

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Index

Index