Themes of Polemical Theology Across Early Modern Literary Genres 1st Edition by Lucy Nicholas, Andrea Riedl, Svorad Zavarský ISBN 9781443887359 1443887358

This Innovative Volume Spans The Early Modern Period And Ranges Across Literary Genres, Confessional Divides And European Borders. It Brings Together Twenty-three Scholars From Thirteen Different Countries To Explore The Dynamic And Profound Ways In Which Polemical Theology, Its Discourses And Codes, Interacted With Non-theological Literary Genres In This Era. Offering Depth As Well As Breadth, The Contributions Chart A Myriad Of Intersections Between Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran And Reformed Polemics And A Range Of Literary Types Composed In Latin And The Vernacular Across Europe. Individual Essays Discuss How Genres Such As History And Poetry Often Represented A Vehicle To Promote And Validate A Particular Confessional Standpoint. Authors Also Address The Complex Relationship Between Humanism And Polemical Theology Which Tends To Be Radically Oversimplified In Early Modern Studies. A Number Of Essays Demonstrate The Extent To Which Certain Literary Productions Harnessed Religious Polemics In Order To Induce Conversion Or Promote Toleration, And Might Even Engage With Supranational Issues, Such As The Divide Between Eastern And Western Churches. As Such, This Visionary Book Constructively Bridges The World Of Religious Controversy And The Literary Space. Preface — Prolusio By Way Of Introduction / Svorad Zavarský — Part I: Polemical Theology And History — 1 Johannes Magnus’s Historia De Omnibus Gothorum Sveonumque Regibus (1554) As A Religious Polemical Treatise / Hans Helander — 2 History As Polemical Theology In Elizabethan England: Thomas Becon’s Relikes Of Rome / Jonathan Reimer — 3 Polemical Discourse In Joannes Josephowicz’s Annalium Urbis Leopoliensis Tomus Extravagans (1703) / Lyudmyla Shevchenko-savchyns’ka — Part Ii: Polemical Theology And Sacred Antiquity — 4 Catholic Ecclesiology And Protestant Parody In The Polemics Of Hungaria Superior / Erika Garadnai — 5 Kirchenbild Und Prophetenrolle Im Polemischen Werk Von István Czeglédi Aus Dem Jahr 1659 / Zsombor Martis — Part Iii: Polemical Theology, Classics And Poetry — 6 Exploring Polemical Theology In Humanism Through A Little-known Tract On The Eucharist By The Great Tudor Humanist, Roger Ascham / Lucy R. Nicholas –^ 7 The Neo-latin Satires Of Hannardus Gamerius As Polemical Theology / David A. Porter — 8 Counter-reformation Before Its Time: Polemical Theology In Jakov Bunić’s Epic De Vita Et Gestis Christi / Maja Matasović — 9 John Milton And The Old English Poem On The Fall Of Men: Inspiration, Borrowing Or Polemic? / Zoya Metlitskaya — Part Iv: Polemical Theology And Eastern Christianity — 10 Polemik Im Kontext Literarisch-theologischer Auseinandersetzung Zwischen Ost- Und Westkirche Im 13. Jahrhundert / Andrea Riedl — 11 An Eighteenth-century Project For The Conversion Of Southern Slavs To Catholicism: Krastyo Peykich’s Zarcalo Istine (1716) / Iva Manova — 12 Bellarmin-rezeption Im Umfeld Der Patriarchen Von Konstantinopel In Der Ersten Hälfte Des 17. Jahrhunderts / Vratislav Zervan — Part V: Polemical Theology In Paratexts — 13 Dead Readers Society: Early Modern Theological Debates In Historical Anthropological Perspectives / Zsombor Toth –^ 14 Polemics In Commentaries In Czech Bible Readings / Jiri M. Havlík — Part Vi: Polemical Theology And Toleration — 15 Weigel-weigelianer-antiweigelianer: Auf Der Auch Nach Der Wahren Katholischen Kirche, Oder Vom Luthertum Zur Erzketzerei / Martin Zemla — 16 Die Beziehung Zwischen Reformierten Und Katholischen Glaubensstreiten Und Der Religionstoleranz Am Ende Des 18. Jahrhunderts Im Südöstlichen Teil Des Königreichs Ungarn / Adám Hegyi — Part Vii: Polemical Theology And Conversion — 17 Religious Controversy In Early Eighteenth-century Conversion Narratives Written In Hungarian / Agnes Baricz — 18 The Repentant Reformist: The Evolution Of Enea Silvio Piccolomini’s Views On Conciliarism In His Letters / Tomislav Matic — Part Viii: Polemical Theology In Hymns, Emblems And Drama — 19 Kirchenlieder Als Verborgene Kontroverstheologie? / Marie Skarpová — 20 Zentrale Protestantische Themen In Josua Wegelins Buch Der Gemahlte Jesus Christus (1630) / Miroslav Varso –^ 21 Das Jesuitendrama Im Kontext Der Kontroverstheologie (am Beispiel Der Slowakei) / Ladislav Kacic — 22 Frühneuzeitliche Passionsprozessionsspiele Als Projekt Der Katholischen Erneuerung / Jasa Drnovsek — Contributors — Index Of Names. Edited By Svorad Zavarský, Lucy R. Nicholas And Andrea Riedl. The Present Collection Of Essays Has Sprung From An International Conference Of The Same Name Which Took Place In Bratislava In Early December 2014.–preface. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. In English And German.