The primacy of the postils Catholics, Protestants, and the dissemination of ideas in early modern Germany /

Frymire, John M.

The primacy of the postils Catholics, Protestants, and the dissemination of ideas in early modern Germany / [electronic resource] : by John M. Frymire. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010. - xii, 641 p. : ill. - Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, v. 147 1573-4188 ; . - Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 147. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [559]-631) and index.

Catholic preaching and the German Reformation? : postils and their production, 1520-1535 -- Re-invention, innovation, and reaction : Lutheran and Catholic postils, 1535-1555 -- Matches made in heaven : Lutheran postillators in the service of their princes, 1555-1620 -- Excursus : Calvinist postils? : the pragmatism of German Reformed postillators -- Catholic Postillenfresser : postils, Catholic reform, and the Counter-Reformation -- Correcting Catholicism : censorship, confessional consolidation, and the decline of homegrown postillators.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9789004183605 (electronic bk.)




Catholic Church--Sermons--History and criticism.


Sermons--History and criticism.--Germany
Reformation--Germany.


Germany--Church history--16th century.


Electronic books.

BV4208.G3 / F79 2010

251.00943/09031