Reformation of prayerbooks
The Humanist Transformation of Early Modern Piety in Germany and England
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- 9 heures de lecture
In her study Chaoluan Kao offers a comprehensive investigation of popular piety at the time of European Reformations through the study of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Protestant prayerbooks. Early Protestant prayerbooks functioned as a channel of historical and spiritual transition, which not only told us the transformation and transmission of Reformation historically but also signified the development of Christian spirituality. The study of of the prayerbooks furthers our understanding of continuity, change, and inter-confessional influence in the Christian piety of early modern Europe
