Singing the Gospel : Lutheran hymns and the success of the Reformation /

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This book offers a new appraisal of the Reformation and its popular appeal, based on the place of German hymns in the sixteenth-century press and in the lives of early Lutherans. The Bohemian mining town of Joachimsthal--where pastors, musicians, and laity forged an enduring and influential union of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brown, Christopher Boyd, 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2005.
Series:Harvard historical studies ; v. 148.
Subjects:
Lutheran Church > Czech Republic > Jáchymov > Hymns > History and criticism.
Hymns, German > Czech Republic > Jáchymov > History and criticism.
Reformation > Czech Republic > Jáchymov.
General European History.
History.
Hymns, German.
Lutheran Church.
Reformation.
Regional History.
Theologie, Christentum.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
RELIGION > Christian Rituals & Practice > Worship & Liturgy.
HISTORY > Europe > Germany.
Hymns, German
Lutheran Church
Reformation
Musik
Jáchymov (Czech Republic) > Church history.
Czech Republic > Jáchymov
Hymns
Church history
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This book offers a new appraisal of the Reformation and its popular appeal, based on the place of German hymns in the sixteenth-century press and in the lives of early Lutherans. The Bohemian mining town of Joachimsthal--where pastors, musicians, and laity forged an enduring and influential union of Lutheranism, music, and culture--is at the center of the story.
Physical Description:1 online resource (298 pages) : illustrations, 1 map
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-278) and index.
ISBN:9780674028913
0674028910
9780674017054
0674017056

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