Calvinists and Libertines confession and community in Utrecht, 1578-1620
Why did the Netherlands, after the Dutch Reformation, emerge as the most religiously tolerant country in Europe? This study claims that the causes lie in the struggle between the Calvinist desire to create a highly organized, disciplined church, and the broad, nonconformist "libertine" alt...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oxford
Clarendon
1995, 1995
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Why did the Netherlands, after the Dutch Reformation, emerge as the most religiously tolerant country in Europe? This study claims that the causes lie in the struggle between the Calvinist desire to create a highly organized, disciplined church, and the broad, nonconformist "libertine" alternative |
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Physical Description: | xv, 347 p. 1 port |
ISBN: | 9780191675546 |