Calvinists and Libertines: Confession and Community in Utrecht 1578-1620

by Benjamin J. Kaplan

Hardcover, 1995

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Language

Publication

Clarendon Press (1995), 368 pages

Description

Why did the Netherlands, after the Dutch Reformation, emerge as the most religiously tolerant country in Europe? This study claims that the causes lie in the struggle between the Calvinist desire to create a highly organized, disciplined church, and the broad, nonconformist "libertine" alternative.

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Original language

English

Original publication date

1995

Physical description

368 p.; 8.75 inches

ISBN

0198202830 / 9780198202837
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