Reforming Finland : the diocese of Turku in the age of Gustav Vasa 1523-1560 /

Jason Lavery examines the Reformation in the Diocese of Turku during the reign of King Gustav Vasa (r. 1523-1560). This diocese, covering a territory better known then and now as Finland, encompassed the Swedish kingdom east of the Gulf of Bothnia.0The Reformation in Finland was driven by King Gusta...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lavery, Jason Edward
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden, the Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill, NV, 2017.
Series:Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 210.
Subjects:
Gustav > I Vasa, > King of Sweden, > 1496-1560.
Gustav > I Vasa, > King of Sweden, > 1496-1560
Catholic Church. > Diocese of Åbo (Finland) > History.
Svenska kyrkan > Finland > History > 16th century.
Catholic Church. > Diocese of Åbo (Finland)
Svenska kyrkan
1500-1611
Reformation > Finland.
Réforme (Christianisme) > Finlande.
RELIGION / Christianity / History
Reformation
Finland > Church history > 16th century.
Finland > History > 1523-1611.
Sweden > History > Gustav I Vasa, 1523-1560.
Finlande > Histoire religieuse > 16e siècle.
Finlande > Histoire > 1523-1611.
Suède > Histoire > 1523-1560 (Gustave Ier Vasa)
Finland
Sweden
Church history
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: scholars, reformers, and the diocese of Turku
  • The church and medieval FInland
  • Finland and Gustav Vasa's Reformation by crisis
  • Reformation by coexistence
  • The creation of a royal church
  • A Reformation in reverse?
  • The vernacular Reformation
  • Schools, art, and belief
  • The end of the medieval diocese
  • Conclusion.

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