The Reformation and Rural Society

An examination of the relationship between the Reformation movement of the sixteenth century and the rural population of Germany.

Inhalt

Introduction; 1. The emergence and reception of the evangelical movement, 1521 1533; 2. The Lutheran church in Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach; 3. The clergyman in context: the extension of the Reformation on the parish; 4. The Reformation and parish morality; 5. The acculturation of the parish mind; Conclusions.