Calvinists and Libertines [electronic resource] : confession and community in Utrecht, 1578-1620 / Benjamin J. Kaplan.
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon, 1995Description: 1 online resource (xv, 347 p.) : 1 port.ISBN: 9780191675546 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Calvinists -- Netherlands -- Utrecht -- History -- 16th century | Calvinists -- Netherlands -- Utrecht -- History -- 17th century | Libertines (Spirituals) -- Netherlands -- Utrecht -- History -- 16th century | Libertines (Spirituals) -- Netherlands -- Utrecht -- History -- 17th century | Religious tolerance -- Christianity -- History -- 16th century | Religious tolerance -- Christiantiy -- History -- 17th century | Utrecht (Netherlands) -- Church history -- 16th centuryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198202837DDC classification: 274.923206 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.