Faith on the Margins : Catholics and Catholicism in the Dutch Golden Age / Charles H. Parker.
2009
BX1550
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Title
Faith on the Margins : Catholics and Catholicism in the Dutch Golden Age / Charles H. Parker.
Author
Parker, Charles H., author.
ISBN
9780674033719
Published
Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright
©2008
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (346 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674033719 doi
Call Number
BX1550
Dewey Decimal Classification
282/.49209032
Summary
In the wake of the 1572 revolt against Spain, the new Dutch Republic outlawed Catholic worship and secularized all church property. Calvinism prevailed as the public faith, yet Catholicism experienced a resurgence in the first half of the seventeenth century, with membership rivaling that of the Calvinist church. In a wide-ranging analysis of a marginalized yet vibrant religious minority, Charles Parker examines this remarkable revival. It had little to do with the traditional Dutch reputation for tolerance. A keen sense of persecution, combined with a vigorous program of reform, shaped a movement that imparted meaning to Catholics in a Protestant republic. A pastoral organization known as the Holland Mission emerged to establish a vigorous Catholic presence. A chronic shortage of priests enabled laymen and women to exercise an exceptional degree of leadership in local congregations. Increased interaction between clergy and laity reveals a picture that differs sharply from the standard account of the Counter-Reformation's clerical dominance and imposition of church reform on a reluctant populace. There were few places in early modern Europe where a proscribed religious minority was so successful in remaining a permanent fixture of society. Faith on the Margins casts light on the relationship between religious minorities and hostile environments.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Acknowledgments
Contents
Preface
Map
Introduction
1 Caught between Reformations:
2 Training the Laborers:
3 Laboring in the Vineyard:
4 Restoring a Catholic Presence:
5 Paying the Priest, Feeding the Poor:
Conclusion
Appendix:
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Contents
Preface
Map
Introduction
1 Caught between Reformations:
2 Training the Laborers:
3 Laboring in the Vineyard:
4 Restoring a Catholic Presence:
5 Paying the Priest, Feeding the Poor:
Conclusion
Appendix:
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index