
Reformation and Revolt in the Low Countries
Alastair Duke(Author)
Hambledon Continuum (Publisher)
Published on 1. April 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
332 pages
978-1-85285-398-3 (ISBN)
Description
The Revolt of the Netherlands has long been familiar to English-speaking readers, but the Reformation there has remained largely a closed book. The Reformation in the Low Countries developed along very different lines from German Lutheranism. While the decentralised character of political authority ensured the survival of religious dissent, a prolonged persecution of heresy postponed the formation of public Protestant churches until after 1572. Conflicting interests and beliefs, as well as the war and political struggle, shaped the final religious outcome. Local considerations and individual responses played their part alongside the decisions of rulers, whether Philip II and his lieutenant, the duke of Alva, or William the Silent. Alastair Duke's work is of central importance to a proper understanding of both Reformation and Revolt.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
517 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85285-398-3 (9781852853983)
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