The Lord Has Done Great Things for Us”
The 1817 Reformation Celebrations and the End of the Counter-Reformation in the Habsburg Lands
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9645928 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Scott Berg (Louisiana State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 69-92 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Central European History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-9389 • E-ISSN: 1569-1616 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0008938916000066 |
| OpenAlex | W2318387304 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
In anticipation of the upcoming five-hundreth anniversary in 2017 of the start of the Reformation, this article addresses the memory of this event in Central Europe by focusing on the tricentennial celebrations of 1817. The jubilees that took place that year were unique in that they were the first ones characterized by an ecumenical spirit. The article focuses on the Habsburg lands, where the 1817 jubilees were especially significant because of the recent dismantling of the Counter-Reformation by Emperor Joseph II and the favorable policies for Protestants pursued by his conservative successors. Using sermons and state records from archives in Vienna and Budapest, the article argues that the Austrian government used this event to display its newfound policies of religious toleration. Although the Austrian celebrations mirrored, in many respects, the ones in the German states, the infamous censorship regime of the pre-1848 Habsburg government paradoxically promoted an atmosphere of toleration that ensured the ecumenical nature of the celebrations in the Habsburg Empire
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Censorship · Counter-Reformation · Emperor · German · Political science · Politics · Roman Empire · State (computer science · Toleration · Central European and Russian historical studies · Classics · European Political History Analysis · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
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| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |