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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Main Author: Kaplan, Benjamin J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Clarendon 1995, 1995
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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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
Physical Description:xv, 347 p. 1 port
ISBN:9780191675546