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Book SynopsisA Companion to the Swiss Reformation describes the course of the Protestant Reformation in the Swiss Confederation over the course of the sixteenth century. Its essays examine the successes as well as the failures of the reformation movement, considering not only the institutional churches but also the spread of Anabaptism. The volume highlights the different form that the Reformation took among the members of the Confederation and its allied territories, and it describes the political, social and cultural consequences of the Reformation for the Confederation as a whole. Contributors are: Irena Backus, Jan-Andrea Bernhard, Amy Nelson Burnett, Michael W. Bruening, Erich Bryner, Emidio Campi, Bruce Gordon, Kaspar von Greyerz, Sundar Henny, Karin Maag, Thomas Maissen, Regula Schmid-Keeling, Martin Sallmann, and Andrea Strübind.
Trade Review“In scope and detail this book has no equal in the English language—or perhaps any language for that matter. […] without doubt the best available in its field.” C. Arnold Snyder, Conrad Grebel University College. In: The Mennonite Quarterly Review, Vol. 91 (July 2017), pp. 428-432. “This Companion can be recommended as a succinct point of orientation for all students and researchers with interest in the Swiss Reformation.” Beat Kümin, University of Warwick. In: Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 68. No. 4 (October 2017), pp. 869-871. “incredibly valuable to scholars […] the essays synthesize and present in English much of the recent research on the Swiss Reformation that has been written in French and German […] it is worth pointing out that in addition to the sophistication and scholarly value of the essays, this collection contains numerous maps and images, many in color, which is a rare treat for academic readers.” Carrie Euler, Central Michigan University. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 71, No. 1 (Spring 2018), pp. 361-362.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Contributors Abbreviations List of Maps List of Illustrations Part One: Background Introduction Amy Nelson Burnett and Emidio Campi Chapter One: The Swiss Confederation Before the Reformation Regula Schmid Part Two: The Reformation Chapter Two: The Reformation in Zurich Emidio Campi Chapter Three: The Reformation in Bern Martin Sallmann Chapter Four: The Reformation in Basel Amy Nelson Burnett Chapter Five: The Reformation in Schaffhausen Eric Bryner Chapter Six: The Reformation in St. Gallen and Appenzell Eric Bryner Chapter Seven: Failed Reformations Sundar Henny Chapter Eight: The Reformation in the Three Leagues Jan-Andrea Bernhard Chapter Nine: Francophone Territories Allied to the Swiss Confederation Michael W. Bruening Chapter Ten: The Swiss Anabaptists Andrea Strübind Part Three: Outcomes Chapter Eleven: Theological Profile Emidio Campi Chapter Twelve: Church Organization, Discipline, and Worship Bruce Gordon Chapter Thirteen: Schools and Education Karin Maag Chapter Fourteen: Swiss Society: Family, Gender, and the Poor Kaspar von Greyerz Chapter Fifteen: Reformation Culture Irena Backus Chapter Sixteen: Religious Stalemate and Confessional Alignments Thomas Maissen Index
