Reforming Finland

The Diocese of Turku in the Age of Gustav Vasa 1523-1560

von Jason Lavery

230 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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. The Reformation in Finland was driven by King Gustav Vasa's state-building program, sometimes referred to as "royal reform" in respect to the church, as well as the spread of Lutheran theology and practice. Both royal and Lutheran reform were mutually reinforcing and dependent upon one another.

• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Religion und Glaube Christentum
• ISBN: 9789004354692
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 23.11.2017
• Größe: 235 x 155 mm
• Verlag: Brill