Church Robbers and Reformers in Germany, 1525-1547: Confiscation and Religious Purpose in the Holy Roman Empire

From: The Catholic Historical Review | Date: July 1, 2008| Author: | Copyright information

Church Robbers and Reformers in Germany, 1525-1547: Confiscation and Religious Purpose in the Holy Roman Empire. By Christopher Ocker. [Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, 114.] (Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers. 2007. Pp. xx, 338.)

The confiscation or destruction of church property in the Reformation has, in the English-speaking literature, commonly been seen under two signs: either the wave of image-breaking in the early phase of enthusiastic activism, or the expropriation or dissolution of ecclesiastical corporations, principally the religious houses, in the later years of ...

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