Reforming Finland : The Diocese of Turku in the Age of Gustav Vasa 1523-1560.

Intro -- Reforming Finland -- Contents -- List of Maps and Tables -- Preface -- Notes on Spelling, Terminology, and Electronic Sources -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Scholars, Reformers, and the Diocese of Turku -- The Reformation as Statebuilding -- Finland's Lutheran Reformation -- Finland as a Location of Reform -- Place in Finland's History -- A Word on Sources -- The Church and Medieval Finland -- Land and People -- The Church and the Swedish Crown's Eastward Expansion -- Finland's Church and the Swedish Kingdom's Domestic Politics -- The Church as an Agent of Regionality -- Finland's Medieval Church and European Culture -- Reform in the Late Medieval Era -- The End of the Kalmar Union and the Rise of Gustav Vasa -- Finland and Gustav Vasa's Reformation by Crisis -- Finland and Gustav's Rebellion -- The Church and Gustav's Consolidation of Power -- Gustav's Confiscations in Finland -- Gustav and the Swedish Kingdom's Bishops -- Gustav Vasa and the Episcopal See of Turku -- The Rise of Lutheran Reform -- The Arrival of Lutheran Reform in Finland -- The Riksdag of Västerås -- Reformation by Coexistence -- Bishops and Reformation -- The Background and Reputation of Martinus Skytte -- The Royal Takeover of Ecclesiatical Wealth -- Gustav Vasa, Reform, and Europe -- Religious Reform -- The First Steps Toward a Vernacular Church -- The Wittenberg Flock -- Gustav Vasa, the Germans, and the Bishops -- A New Wave of Exactions -- The Creation of a Royal Church -- Mikael Agricola and His Account Book -- A New Round of Confiscations -- The Decline of the Cathedral Chapter -- The King's Cultivation of Parishes -- The Russian Threat -- Ecclesiastical Courts -- A Reformation in Reverse? -- The Nobility -- The Case of Naantali Abbey -- The Reformation's Impact on the Cities -- Socio-Economic Change in the Clergy.

The Diocese of Turku-The Kingdom's Peaceful Quarter? -- The Vernacular Reformation -- Mikael Olofsson Agricola -- "Learn Now, Old and Young:" Mikael Agricola and the Word of God in Finnish -- God Hears Finnish Prayers -- The New Testament and the Old Testament Books -- "In This Way the Mass is Held in Finnish" -- The Handbook -- Resources for Agricola's Work -- Schools, Art, and Belief -- The Decline of the School System -- Paulus Juusten -- Philipp Melanchthon and the Diocese of Turku -- Art -- Remains of Catholic Belief and Practice -- The Persistence of Paganism -- Witchcraft -- Maintenance of Respect and Discipline -- Calvinists and Sabbatarians -- The End of the Medieval Diocese -- New Bishops, New Dioceses -- War with Russia -- Gustav, the Church, and the War -- The Final Royal Confiscations -- John's Duchy of Finland -- Petrus Follingius -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Unpublished Sources -- Published Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index.

An examination of the Reformation in the Diocese of Turku during the reign of King Gustav Vasa (r. 1523-1560).

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