Catholics, Calvinists, Mennonites, Arminians, Libertines: the Dutch Republic has always been renowned for its religious diversity. This book asks the question: why did individual Dutch believers decide to join, or not to join, one of the many churches and what consequences did these decisions have for their lives? It addresses this problem through the collection of autobiographical writings of the Utrecht lawyer Arnoldus Buchelius (1565-1641). Raised as a Catholic, he was for some time without any religious affiliation, then became a Libterine Protestant and ultimately developed into a Contra-Remonstrant Calvinist.
Judith Pollmann Livres
