| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 244 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Studies in early modern German history |
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Studies in early modern German history.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Names and Terminology -- Introduction -- 1. New Dangers, New Allies, and the Emergence of Refugee Accommodation in Frankfurt -- 2. Refugee Arrivals and the Advent of Confessionalism -- 3. Refugee Controversies and the End of Accommodation -- 4. The Quest for Legal Protection outside of Frankfurt -- 5. Preserving Reformed Life in Frankfurt -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"Strange Brethren traces the first half century of refugee life in Frankfurt am Main, a major destination for refugees, beginning in 1554 when the city granted twenty-four families of foreign Protestants fleeing religious persecution housing, workspace, and their own church, through the arrival of thousands more refugees. Scholz shows how the arrival of these refugees transformed Christianity in Frankfurt, with the city's Protestants dividing into competing camps that exist to this day-Lutheran natives and Reformed (Calvinist) foreigners"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 18, 2022) |
| Subject |
Religious refugees -- Germany -- Frankfurt am Main -- History -- 16th century
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HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century
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Religious refugees
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| SUBJECT |
Frankfurt am Main (Germany) -- Church history -- 16th century
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| Subject |
Germany -- Frankfurt am Main
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| Genre/Form |
Church history
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021023497 |
| ISBN |
081394676X |
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9780813946764 |
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