Premium
Confessionalization: Reformation, Religion, Absolutism, and Modernity
Author(s) -
Boettcher Susan R.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
history compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.121
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 1478-0542
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2004.00100.x
Subject(s) - modernity , german , absolute monarchy , politics , cultural history , intellectual history , sociology , psychology , epistemology , social science , political science , history , philosophy , anthropology , law , archaeology
This article describes the theoretical aspects of forty years of research on confessionalization, the dominant idea for interpreting the later German Reformation (1555–1649). It describes programmatic statements, important debates, and research that supports and challenges the paradigm in the area of political and social history. It suggests cultural and intellectual history as strong possibilities for further research on the late Reformation.