Dutch Reformed Protestants in the Holy Roman Empire, c.1550–1620: A Reformation of Refugees

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Dr. Mirjam van Veen Professor Jesse Spohnholz

Dutch Reformed Protestants in the Holy Roman Empire, c.1550–1620

A Reformation of Refugees

Dr. Mirjam van Veen, Professor Jesse Spohnholz

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University of Rochester Press
13 February 2024

Religion & politics; Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict; Protestantism & Protestant Churches; Refugees & political asylum; Migration, immigration & emigration

Series: Changing Perspectives on Early Modern Europe

Examines the diverse experiences of Reformed Protestant religious refugees fleeing war and persecution in the Netherlands for cities and towns in the Holy Roman Empire in the late sixteenth century.

Starting in the mid-sixteenth century, widespread persecution and war forced tens of thousands of Reformed Protestants in the Netherlands to flee their homes for new communities in England and the Holy Roman Empire. This book follows those refugees who escaped to large cities and small towns to the east and southeast, up the Rhine River watershed. The comprehensive approach taken here examines these forced migrations from political, intellectual, social, cultural, religious, and linguistic perspectives, including using a large prosopographical database to track refugees' movements and experiences. It challenges scholars' claims that Reformed Protestants developed more doctrinal, volunteeristic, and well-organized churches particularly capable of surviving the challenges of persecution and exile. Instead, the authors show, refugees proved remarkably willing to compromise and adapt, even as they built new relationships with the unfamiliar people they met abroad. Based on an extensive collaboration between two senior scholars with different but complementary intellectual backgrounds-one a European trained in theology and intellectual history and the other a North American with expertise in social and cultural history-and the team of researchers they led, this book challenges conventional wisdom about refugees and forced migrations in early modern Europe.

Upon publication, this book is openly available in digital formats thanks to generous funding from the Dutch Research Council.

By: Dr. Mirjam van Veen, Professor Jesse Spohnholz
Imprint: University of Rochester Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9781648250767
ISBN 10: 1648250769
Series: Changing Perspectives on Early Modern Europe
Pages: 326
Publication Date: 13 February 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Figures and Tables Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Leaving Home 2. Foreign Accommodations 3. Strangers and Neighbors 4. Managing Worship 5. Living in Diaspora 6. Returning and Remembering Afterword Bibliography Index

MIRJAM VAN VEEN is Professor of Church History at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. JESSE SPOHNHOLZ is Professor of History at Washington State University.