Title Calvinists and Libertines : confession and community in Utrecht, 1578-1620 / Benjamin J. Kaplan

Published Oxford : Clarendon, 1995

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Description 1 online resource Contents 1. Discipline and Order -- 2. 'To Remain in Christian Freedom' -- 3. Social Divisions, Religious Divisions -- 4. Politics of Theocracy, 1580-1590 -- 5. From Reaction to Resolution, 1590-1610 -- 6. Remonstrant Controversy, 1610-1620 -- 7. Unity in a Multiconfessional Society -- Appendix: List of Ministers Serving the Reformed Congregations of Utrecht, 1578-1618 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Calvinists -- Netherlands -- Utrecht -- History -- 16th century Calvinists -- Netherlands -- Utrecht -- History -- 17th century Libertines (Spirituals) -- History -- 16th century Libertines (Spirituals) -- History -- 17th century Religious tolerance -- Christianity -- History -- 16th century Religious tolerance -- Christianity -- History -- 17th century Calvinists. Libertines (Spirituals) Religious tolerance -- Christianity. Religion. Philosophy & Religion. Christianity. SUBJECT Utrecht (Netherlands) -- Church history -- 16th century Subject Netherlands -- Utrecht. Genre/Form Church history. History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191675546 0191675547

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