A Companion to the Swiss Reformation

• Main Authors: Burnett, Amy Nelson, Campi, Emidio
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston BRILL 2016; Brill
• Edition: 1
• Series: Brill’s Companions to the Christian Tradition
• Subjects: Reformation; Reformation-Switzerland

A Companion to the Swiss Reformation presents the varied form taken by the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland over the course of the sixteenth century, highlighting regional differences as well as consequences for the Swiss Confederation as a whole.

Table of Contents:

• Intro -- A Companion to the Swiss Reformation -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- List of Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Part 1: Background -- Introduction -- 1: The Swiss Confederation Before the Reformation -- Part 2: The Reformation -- 2: The Reformation in Zurich -- 3: The Reformation in Bern -- 4: The Reformation in Basel -- 5: The Reformation in Schaffhausen -- 6: The Reformation in St. Gallen and Appenzell -- 7: Failed Reformations -- 8: The Reformation in the Three Leagues (Grisons) -- 9: Francophone Territories Allied to the Swiss Confederation -- 10: The Swiss Anabaptists -- Part 3: Outcomes -- 11: Theological Profile -- 12: Polity and Worship in the Swiss Reformed Churches -- 13: Schools and Education, 1500-1600 -- 14: Swiss Society: Family, Gender, and the Poor -- 15: Reformation Culture -- 16: Religious Stalemate and Confessional Alignments: Dynamics and Stagnation in the Confederation from 1531 to 1618 -- Index