Synopses & Reviews
This volume provides a history of the Scandinavian Reformation from its evangelical beginning in the 1520s to its institutionalization by the mid-seventeenth century, when Lutheran territorial churches were established in the Nordic countries. It reassesses the role of the Catholic Church in trying to halt the Reformation and traces the evangelical movements in their social context, focusing on the relationship among church, state and society in post-Reformation Scandinavia, including such aspects as popular beliefs and official religion.
Synopsis
This volume provides a history of the Scandinavian Reformation from its evangelical beginning in the 1520s to its institutionalization by the mid-seventeenth century, when Lutheran territorial churches were established in the Nordic countries. It reassesses the role of the Catholic Church in trying to halt the Reformation and traces the evangelical movements in their social context, focusing on the relationship among church, state and society in post-Reformation Scandinavia, including such aspects as popular beliefs and official religion.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction Ole Peter Grell; 2. The Early Reformation in Denmark and Norway 1520 1559 Martin Schwarz Lausten; 3. The Early Reformation in Sweden and Finland ca. 1520 1560 E. I. Kouri; 4. The Catholic Church and its Leadership Ole Peter Grell; 5. The Consolidation of Lutheranism in Denmark and Norway Thorkild Lyby and Ole Peter Grell; 6. The Institutionalisation of Lutheranism in Sweden and Finland Ingun Montgomery; 7. Faith, Superstition and Witchcraft in Reformation Scandinavia Jens Chr.V. Johansen; Index.