Topographies of Tolerance and Intolerance : Responses to Religious Pluralism in Reformation Europe.
- 1st ed.
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- Studies in Central European Histories Series ; v.64 .
- Studies in Central European Histories Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Maps -- Notes on Contributors -- Prologue -- Part 1 Defining the Boundaries of Tolerance and Intolerance -- Chapter 1 Ideology, Pragmatism, and Coexistence Religious Tolerance in the Early Modern West -- Chapter 2 Resisting Biconfessionalism and Coexistence in the Common Territories of the Western Swiss Confederation -- Chapter 3 The Persecution of Witches and the Discourse on Toleration in Early Modern Germany -- Chapter 4 Coexistence and Confessionalization Emden's Topography of Religious Pluralism -- Chapter 5 Concubinaries as Citizens Mediating Confessional Plurality in Westphalian Towns, 1550-1650 -- Part 2 Mapping Memory and Arbitrating Good Neighbors -- Chapter 6 Imagined Conversations Strategies for Survival in the Dialogues Rustiques -- Chapter 7 Anabaptists and Seventeenth-Century Arguments for Religious Toleration in Switzerland and the Netherlands -- Chapter 8 Celebrating Peace in Biconfessional Augsburg Lutheran Churches and Remembrance Culture -- Chapter 9 Discord via Toleration Clerical Conflict in the Post-Westphalian Imperial Territories -- Chapter 10 Parish Clergy, Patronage Rights, and Regional Politics in the Convent Churches of Welver, 1532-1697 -- Epilogue -- Index.
The essays in Topographies of Tolerance and Intolerance explore lived experiences of religious plurality, providing insights into religious coexistence during the early modern period. In doing so, they challenge the narrative of a simple progression of tolerance and confessional identity.