Publication

2019 - BRILL

Language

English

Word Count

92,750 words, Guess

Page Count

371 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139789004353947
  • ISBN-109004353941
  • Library of Congress Control Number2019023110
  • OCLC Control Number1101380389
  • Better World Books9789004353947
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCBR395.K37 2019
  • LCCBR395 .K37 2019

Description

"The Dutch Republic was the most religiously diverse land in early modern Europe, gaining an international reputation for toleration. In Reformation and the Practice of Toleration, Benjamin Kaplan explains why the Protestant Reformation had this outcome in the Netherlands and how people of different faiths managed subsequently to live together peacefully. Bringing together fourteen essays by the author, the book examines the opposition of so-called Libertines to the aspirations of Calvinist reformers for uniformity and discipline. It analyzes the practical arrangements by which multiple religious groups were accommodated. It traces the dynamics of religious life in Utrecht and other mixed communities. And it explores the relationships that developed between people of different faiths, especially in 'mixed' marriages"--

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