Religious Toleration and Social Change in Hamburg, 1529-1819

by Joachim Whaley

Book Overview

The emergence of religious toleration was one of the main features of the development of Western society after the Reformation. While previous research has concentrated largely on ideas of toleration, this study of the Lutheran Imperial City of Hamburg analyses the way in which those ideas were received and gradually implemented. Hamburg was one of the most dynamic mercantile centres of early modern Europe. It attracted substantial numbers of Catholics,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521528720
• ISBN13: 9780521528726
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"