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Underground Protestantism in Sixteenth Century Spain
Frances Luttikhuizen chronicles the arrival, reception, and suppression of Protestant thought in sixteenth century Spain—referred to at that time as 'Lutheranism'. It opens with several chapters describing the socio-political-religious context that prevailed in Spain at the beginning of the sixteenth century and the growing trend to use the vernacular for parts of the Mass, as well as for catechizing the populace. Special attention is given to the forerunners, that is, the early alumbrado-deixados, the role of Cardinal Cisneros, and the impact of Erasmus and Juan de Valdes, etc. The use of archival material provides new details regarding the historical framework and the spread of evangelic...
Incarceration and Slavery in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age
People in the Middle Ages and the early modern age more often suffered from imprisonment and enslavement than we might have assumed. Incarceration and Slavery in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age approaches these topics from a wide variety of perspectives and demonstrates collectively the great relevance of the issues involved. Both incarceration and slavery were (and continue to be) most painful experiences, and no one was guaranteed exemption from it. High-ranking nobles and royalties were often the victims of imprisonment and, at times, had to wait many years until their ransom was paid. Similarly, slavery existed throughout Christian Europe and in the Arab world. However, while imprisonment occasionally proved to be the catalyst for major writings and creativity, slaves in the Ottoman empire and in Egypt succeeded in rising to the highest position in society (Janissaries, Mamluks, and others).
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God's Messenger
"God's Messenger is a new biography of the North German missionary Rev. J. F. Riemenschneider, who settled in the Taranaki region in the first half of the nineteenth century. The book places him into the historical and social context, which not only illuminates his life and work, but throws new light on aspects of nineteenth century New Zealand history. The book outlines Riemenschneider’s upbringing in North Germany, his arrival in New Zealand and setting up of a missionary station in Taranaki, rifts between the missionary and his people, his exile from Taranaki and setting up in Otago." --Publisher.
Concordia Theological Monthly
Includes section "Book review.--Literatur."
Carl Schmitts Gegenrevolution
Carl Schmitt stellte sich 1922 programmatisch in die Reihen einer "Gegenrevolution", die er durch den Bruch mit dem Monarchismus und dem Schritt "von der Legitimität zur Diktatur" gekennzeichnet sah. Von "konservativer Revolution" sprach er nicht. Die hier versammelten Studien klären diese Positionierung in der polarisierenden Auseinandersetzung mit Anarchisten und Liberalen, Vernunftrepublikanern und radikalen Demokraten, "linken" Schülern und jüdischen Intellektuellen: mit Gustav Landauer, Max Weber, Hans Kelsen, Moritz Bonn, Otto Kirchheimer und manchen anderen. Sie zeigen, wie die polemische Strategie "Legitimität gegen Legalität" im Nationalsozialismus an einen Nullpunkt von Legalität und Legitimität gelangte, den Schmitt, als Akteur mit einer offensiven antisemitischen Rechtfertigung des nationalsozialistischen Leviathan beantwortete. Auch nach 1945 noch positionierte er sich jenseits von Legalität und Legitimität, Naturrecht und Rechtspositivismus.
