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Calvinist Churches in Early Modern Europe Andrew Spicer

Calvinist Churches in Early Modern Europe By Andrew Spicer

Calvinist Churches in Early Modern Europe by Andrew Spicer


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A wide-ranging and interdisciplinary study of the impact of the European Reformation on the architecture, arrangement and appearance of places of worship.

Calvinist Churches in Early Modern Europe Summary

Calvinist Churches in Early Modern Europe by Andrew Spicer

For ordinary people, the impact of the Reformation would have centred around local parish churches, rather than the theological debates of the Reformers. Focusing on the Calvinists, this volume explores how the architecture, appearance and arrangement of places of worship were transformed by new theology and religious practice.

Based on original research and site visits, this book charts the impact of the Reformed faith across Europe, concentrating in particular on France, the Netherlands and Scotland. While in some areas a Calvinist Reformation led to the adaptation of existing buildings, elsewhere it resulted in the construction of new places of worship to innovative new designs. Reformed places of worship also reflected local considerations, vested interests and civic aspirations, often employing the latest styles and forms of decoration, and here provide a lens through which to examine not only the impact of the Reformation at a local level but also the character of the different religious settlements across Europe during the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

About Andrew Spicer

Andrew Spicer is Professor of Early Modern European History at Oxford Brookes University

Table of Contents

List of illustrations
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction: From Geneva to Hungary
2. The state church: Scotland
3. The established church: The Dutch Republic
4. Persecution and toleration: France
Conclusion: The Reformed Temple
Bibliography
Index

Additional information

NLS9780719054884
9780719054884
0719054885
Calvinist Churches in Early Modern Europe by Andrew Spicer
New
Paperback
Manchester University Press
2016-05-17
288
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