Between Opposition and Collaboration

Nobles, Bishops, and the German Reformations in the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg, 1555-1619
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-20154-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 53, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

Reihe: Studies in Central European Histories

This study of the Catholic Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg and its largely Protestant aristocracy demonstrates that shared family ties and traditional privilege could reduce religious based conflict. These findings raise fundamental questions about current interpretations of the Reformation era. Prince-bishops regularly appointed Lutheran nobles to administrative positions, and those Lutheran appointees served their Catholic overlords ably and loyally. Bamberg was a center for social interaction, business transactions, and career opportunities for aristocrats. As these nobles saw it, birthright and kinship ties made them suitable for service in the prince-bishopric. Catholic leaders concurred, confessional differences notwithstanding. This study tells the complicated story of how Lutheran nobles and their Catholic relatives struggled to maintain solidarity and cooperation during an era of religious strife and animosity

Zielgruppe

All those interested in the Reformation, church history, nobles, and early modern Germany.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ninness, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abbreviations
Introduction

1 Lay of the Land
2 The Protestant Reformation and Aristocratic Control of Bamberg
3 The Aristocratic Church and Resistance to Reform
4 Protestant Officials as Agents of the Counter-Reformation
5 The Counter-Reformation and the Alienation of the Imperial Knights, 1594–1599
6 Confession and the Limits of Cooperation

Conclusion The Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg and the Imperial Knights

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Richard J. Ninness, Ph.D. (2006) in History, University of Pennsylvania, is Assistant Professor at Touro College in New York City.