Piety and Politics Religion and the Rise of Absolutism in England, Wiirttemberg and Prussia

, Fulbrook Mary

dc.contributor.author	, Fulbrook Mary
dc.contributor.editor	MARY FULBROOK	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2019-06-21T08:52:36Z
dc.date.accessioned	2023-07-22T16:38:33Z
dc.date.available	2019-06-21T08:52:36Z
dc.date.available	2023-07-22T16:38:33Z
dc.date.issued	1983
dc.identifier.isbn	0 521 27633 0
dc.identifier.uri	http://196.191.116.215/handle/123456789/73805
dc.description	In the context of continuing historical and theoretical controversies, this book undertakes a systematic comparative-historical analysis of religion and politics in three carefully selected cases. In England, Wiirttemberg, and Prussia, at the times when the rulers were attempting to introduce the apparatus of absolutist rule, there were very similar religious movements for the further reform of the Protestant state churches: the Puritan and Pietist movements. Yet, while sharing similar religious aims and ethos, Puritans and Pietists developed very different attitudes and activities in relation to would-be absolutist rule in each case. These ranged from the activism and anti-absolutism of English Puritans, through the passive anti-absolutism of Pietists in Wurttemberg, to the activism and support of absolutism of the Prussian Pietists. Such surprisingly different patterns of political contribution to the success or failure of absolutism - with its fundamental historical consequences - represent promising terrain for the generation and testing of a coherent explanation.	en_US
dc.language	English	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Cambridge University Press	en_US
dc.subject	Wiirttemberg and Prussia	en_US
dc.title	Piety and Politics Religion and the Rise of Absolutism in England, Wiirttemberg and Prussia	en_US
dc.type	Book	en_US