Converting Bohemia
Subtitle: force and persuasion in the Catholic Reformation
By: Howard Louthan.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9780521889292
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Czech Republic -- Bohemia -- History; Bohemia (Czech Republic) -- Church history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: A tale of two windows : framing the history of early modern Bohemia; title: Severed heads and holy bones : authority and culture in post-White Mountain Bohemia; title: Reshaping identity and reforming the kingdom : confessional change and the nobility; title: "Monarchs of knowledge" : mastering dissent in post-White Mountain Bohemia; title: Finding a holy past : antiquarianism and Catholic revival; title: Reshaping the landscape : art and confessional identity; title: Formation of the faithful : Catholicism in the countryside; title: Sermons, songs, and scripture : reforming believers by the Word; title: Pilgrimage and popular piety; title: Making Bohemia holy : Christian saints and Jewish martyrs; title: Conclusion: Between force and persuasion.