TY - BOOK
T1 - Religion and Superstition in Reformation Europe
A2 - Naphy, William Glen
A2 - Parish, Helen
PY - 2002/4/19
Y1 - 2002/4/19
N2 - "Superstition" is one of the most fought over terms in the history of early modern popular culture, especially religious culture, and is also one of the most difficult to define. This volume offers a novel approach to the issue, based upon national and regional studies, and examinations of attitudes to prophets, ghosts, saints, and demonology, alongside an analysis of Catholic responses to the Reformation and the apparent presence of "superstition" in the reformed churches. It challenges the assumptions that Catholic piety was innately superstitious, while Protestantism was rational, and suggests that the early modern concept of "superstition" needs more careful treatment by historians.
AB - "Superstition" is one of the most fought over terms in the history of early modern popular culture, especially religious culture, and is also one of the most difficult to define. This volume offers a novel approach to the issue, based upon national and regional studies, and examinations of attitudes to prophets, ghosts, saints, and demonology, alongside an analysis of Catholic responses to the Reformation and the apparent presence of "superstition" in the reformed churches. It challenges the assumptions that Catholic piety was innately superstitious, while Protestantism was rational, and suggests that the early modern concept of "superstition" needs more careful treatment by historians.
M3 - Book
SN - 0719061571
SN - 978-0719061578
T3 - Studies in Early Modern European History
BT - Religion and Superstition in Reformation Europe
PB - Manchester University Press
CY - Manchester, United Kingdom
ER -