Cultures of Calvinism in Early Modern Europe
Crawford Gribben and Graeme Murdock
Abstract
Calvinism has been associated with distinctive literary cultures, with republican, liberal, and participatory political cultures, with cultures of violence and vandalism, with enlightened cultures, with cultures of social discipline, with secular cultures, and with the emergence of capitalism. Despite these many associations, this volume recognizes that Reformed Protestantism did not develop as a uniform tradition with straightforward social, cultural, or political implications. This book assesses the complex character and impact of Calvinism in early modern Europe. It analyzes the ways in whi ... More
Calvinism has been associated with distinctive literary cultures, with republican, liberal, and participatory political cultures, with cultures of violence and vandalism, with enlightened cultures, with cultures of social discipline, with secular cultures, and with the emergence of capitalism. Despite these many associations, this volume recognizes that Reformed Protestantism did not develop as a uniform tradition with straightforward social, cultural, or political implications. This book assesses the complex character and impact of Calvinism in early modern Europe. It analyzes the ways in which Calvinism related to the multi-confessional cultural environment that prevailed in Europe after the Reformation, while also considering the objectives, as well as the unintended and unexpected consequences, of the cultures of Calvinism in early modern Europe.
Keywords:
Calvinism,
theology,
education,
philosophy,
literature,
theater,
visual culture,
identity,
war,
discipline
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2020 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780190456283 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2020 |
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190456283.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Crawford Gribben, editor
Long Room Hub Senior Lecturer in Early Modern Print Culture, Trinity College, Dublin
Graeme Murdock, editor
Associate Professor in European History, Trinity College, Dublin
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