Ecumenism in the Age of the Reformation

This work on the colloquy presents the dialectical complexities of the sixteenth-century theology--a theology that had emerged with binding strands of religious idealism and political interest. Theology was, indeed, the medium of discourse, but it was not an end in itself. Rather, it was a means to a higher goal:

Books about Ecumenism in the Age of the Reformation: The Colloquy of Poissy. [Mit Bild.]

Books about Heinrich Bullinger

Between the religious massacres, conflicts and martyrdoms that characterised much of Reformation Europe, there seems little room for a consideration of the concept of moderation. Yet it was precisely because of this extremism that many Europeans, both individuals and regimes, were forced into positions of moderation as they found themselves

In diesem Band wird rekonstruiert, wie sich der moderne Informationsbegriff aus den empirischen Verfahren der Vormoderne entwickelte. Gegen den Trend der Wissens- und der Kommunikationsgeschichte liegt der Fokus auf den Umgang mit Information in staatlichen, kirchlichen und gelehrten Organisationen der Frühen Neuzeit. Information wurde gesammelt, sie gewann einen neuen Status