St Andrews Studies in Reformation History
About the Book Series
With the publication of its 100th book in 2012, the St Andrews Studies in Reformation Studies series celebrated an impressive publishing achievement. Since its establishment in 1995 the series has consistently offered high-quality, innovative and thought-provoking research in the field of early modern religious history. By encouraging authors to adopt a broad and inclusive interpretation of ’Reformation’, the resultant publications have done much to help shape current interdisciplinary interpretations of early-modern religion, expanding attention far beyond narrow theological concerns. Each title within the series has added to a body of international research showing how the ripples of the Reformation spread to virtually every corner of European society, both Protestant and Catholic, and often beyond. From family life, education, literature, music, art and philosophy, to political theory, international relations, economics, colonial ventures, science and military matters, there were few aspects of life that remained untouched in some way by the spirit of religious reform. As well as widening conceptions of the Reformation, the series has for the last fifteen years provided a publishing outlet for work, much of it by new and up-and-coming scholars who might otherwise have struggled to find an international platform for their work. Alongside these monographs, a complementary selection of edited volumes, critical editions of important primary sources, bibliographical studies and new translations of influential Reformation works previously unavailable to English speaking scholars, adds further depth to the topic. By offering this rich mix of approaches and topics, the St Andrews series continues to offer scholars an unparalleled platform for the publication of international scholarship in a dynamic and often controversial area of historical study.
Cultures of Communication from Reformation to Enlightenment: Constructing Publics in the Early Modern German Lands
1st Edition
Edited
By James Van Horn Melton
December 28, 2002
Focusing on the territories of the Holy Roman Empire from the early Reformation to the mid-eighteenth century, this volume of fifteen interdisciplinary essays examines some of the structures, practices and media of communication that helped shape the social, cultural, and political history of the ...
Charity and Lay Piety in Reformation London, 1500–1620
1st Edition
By Claire S. Schen
December 23, 2002
The degree to which the English Protestant Reformation was a reflection of genuine popular piety as opposed to a political necessity imposed by the country's rulers has been a source of lively historical debate in recent years. Whilst numerous arguments and documentary sources have been marshalled...
Reforming the Scottish Church: John Winram (c. 1492–1582) and the Example of Fife
1st Edition
By Linda J. Dunbar
November 20, 2002
As Superintendent of Fife, John Winram played a pivotal role in the reform of the Scottish Church. Charting his career within St Andrews priory from canon to subprior, Linda Dunbar examines the ambiguity of Winram's religious stance in the years before 1559 and argues that much of the difficulty in...
Huguenot Heartland: Montauban and Southern French Calvinism During the Wars of Religion
1st Edition
By Philip Conner
October 30, 2002
In the immediate years and months before the outbreak of religious war in 1562 the growth of Protestantism in France had gone unchecked, and an overriding sense of Protestant triumphalism emerged in cities across the land. However, the wars unleashed a vigorous Catholic reaction that extinguished ...
Penitence, Preaching and the Coming of the Reformation
1st Edition
By Anne T. Thayer
October 18, 2002
Why did the Reformation take root in some places and not others? Although many factors were involved, the varying character of penitential preaching across Europe in the decades prior to the Reformation was an especially important contributor to the subsequent receptivity of evangelical ideas. ...
Self-Defence and Religious Strife in Early Modern Europe: England and Germany, 1530–1680
1st Edition
By Robert von Friedeburg
August 21, 2002
Recent research has begun to highlight the importance of German arguments about legitimate resistance and self-defence for French, English and Scottish Protestants. This book systematically studies the reception of German thought in England, arguing that it played a much greater role than has ...
The British Union: A Critical Edition and Translation of David Hume of Godscroft's De Unione Insulae Britannicae
1st Edition
By Paul J. McGinnis, Arthur H. Williamson
August 21, 2002
De Unione Insulae Britannicae (The British Union) is a unique seventeenth-century tract that urged the fusion of the Scottish and English kingdoms into a new British commonwealth with a radically new British identity. Its author, David Hume of Godscroft (1558-c.1630) was a major intellectual figure...
The Correspondence of Reginald Pole: Volume 1 A Calendar, 1518–1546: Beginnings to Legate of Viterbo
1st Edition
By Thomas F. Mayer
July 23, 2002
Reginald Pole (1500-1558), cardinal and archbishop of Canterbury, was at the centre of reform controversies in the mid 16th century - antagonist of Henry VIII, a leader of the reform group in the Roman Church, and nearly elected pope (Julius III was elected in his stead). His voluminous ...
Hatred in Print: Catholic Propaganda and Protestant Identity During the French Wars of Religion
1st Edition
By Luc Racaut
July 18, 2002
Catholic polemical works, and their portrayal of Protestants in print in particular, are the central focus of this work. In contrast with Germany, French Catholics used printing effectively and agressively to promote the Catholic cause. In seeking to explain why France remained a Catholic country...
Confessional Identity in East-Central Europe
1st Edition
By Maria Craciun, Ovidiu Ghitta
June 28, 2002
This book considers the emergence of a remarkable diversity of churches in east-central Europe between the 16th and 18th centuries, which included Catholic, Orthodox, Hussite, Lutheran, Bohemian Brethren, Calvinist, anti-Trinitarian and Greek Catholic communities. Contributors assess the ...
Obedient Heretics: Mennonite Identities in Lutheran Hamburg and Altona During the Confessional Age
1st Edition
By Michael D. Driedger
January 10, 2002
This case study examines the history of the Netherlandic Mennonite community living in and around Hamburg after the Thirty Years War. Based on detailed archival research, it expands the scope of Radical Reformation studies to include the confessional age (c. 1550-1750). During this period ...
John Foxe and his World
1st Edition
By Christopher Highley, John N. King
January 04, 2002
Interest in John Foxe and his hugely influential text Acts and Monuments is particularly vibrant at present. This volume, the third to arise from a series of international colloquia on Foxe, collects essays by established and up-and-coming scholars. It broadly embraces five major areas of early ...