Disputation by Decree

The Public Disputations Between Reformed Ministers and Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert as Instruments of Religious Policy During the Dutch Revolt (1577-1583)
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-90-04-18661-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 152, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 674 g

Reihe: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions

Prevailing scholarly analysis of the public disputations between D.V. Coornhert (1522-1590) and Dutch Reformed ministers is firmly rooted in a principled view of early modern tolerance. This study proposes a new point of departure, which involves breaking away from a Coornhert-centred reading of the debates in Leiden and the Hague, while focusing on the formal status of these disputations instead. Government support of the Reformed Church proved the backbone of these illuminating ‘disputations by decree’. The public legitimization of the Reformed Church – a goal with both political and theological significance – was at stake. As a micro-history of two very unique occasions in Dutch history, this study sheds new light on the complex development of political and religious argument in the early phase of the Dutch Revolt.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roobol, Marianne

Weitere Mitwirkende

Arblaster, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Reformierte Kirchen, Calvinisten, presbyterianische Kirchen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations

Disputation by decree. An introduction

1. Wartime polemics. On the public church
Letters and pamphlets
Troubled times
A public church
Scepticism

2. Room for debate. A question of tolerance?
The cult of Coornhert
The problem of liberty
Reformation and disputation

3. The Coornhert affair (I). From correspondence to disputation
Thomas Tilius
Pestilens ille homo
Paper controversy
Debate in Delft
Leiden academy and beyond

4. Pro et contra. The Leiden disputation (1578)
Along the Rapenburg
Fury
Disorder
Settling accounts
Exit

5. The Coornhert affair (II). From pamphlet to disputation
Adrianus Saravia
Narrow margins
Proeve
Resolution, remonstrance and request
Lobbying a reluctant States

6. Bridging the divide. The disputation in the Hague (1583)
The Binnenhof
Conditions
Pertinentia
Multiplication
Persuasiveness
An open ending

In conclusion. Authority and order

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Marianne Roobol, Ph.D. (2005) in History, University of Amsterdam, studied History at the University of Leiden.