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Piety and politics : religion and the rise of absolutism in England, Württemberg, and Prussia

This book presents a fresh historical and theoretical analysis of religion and politics in early modern Europe.
Print Book, English, 1983
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [Cambridgeshire], 1983
Church history
viii, 215 pages ; 24 cm
9780521256124, 9780521276337, 0521256127, 0521276330
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Introduction: cases and controversies
In pursuit of further reformation
State and society: the attempts at absolutism
The established church and toleration
From reform to revolution: Puritanism in england
From reform to retreat: Pietism in Wurttemberg
From reform to state religion: pietism in Prussia
Conclusions and implications