Catholic Revival in the Age of the Baroque: Religious Identity in Southwest Germany, 1550 1750

by Marc R. Forster

Book Overview

This book seeks to explain the origins of the Catholic identity of the population of southwest Germany between 1550 and 1750. Many studies of this subject credit rulers and church leaders with creating and enforcing religious identity in Germany from above. In contrast, this study argues that there were important local and religious reasons why people came to consider themselves loyal Catholics; and in order to understand the origins of Catholic identity,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521036925
• ISBN13: 9780521036924
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"