Disputation by Decree
The Public Disputations between Reformed Ministers and Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert as Instruments of Religious Policy during the Dutch Revolt (1577-1583)
Biographical note
Marianne Roobol, Ph.D. (2005) in History, University of Amsterdam, studied History at the University of Leiden.
Readership
All those interested in the intellectual history of the Dutch Revolt and the history of the Reformation
Reviews
“impressive […] I hope that Roobol’s study will not only cause a revolution in Coornhert-research, but will also stimulate a re-evaluation of other supposed forerunners of liberal theology in their historical context.”
Kees de Wildt, VU University Amsterdam. In: Church History and Religious Culture, Vol. 92, Nos. 2-3 (2012), pp. 390-394.
Kees de Wildt, VU University Amsterdam. In: Church History and Religious Culture, Vol. 92, Nos. 2-3 (2012), pp. 390-394.
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Disputation by decree. An introduction
1. Wartime polemics. On the public church
Letters and pamphlets
Troubled times
A public church
Scepticism
2. Room for debate. A question of tolerance?
The cult of Coornhert
The problem of liberty
Reformation and disputation
3. The Coornhert affair (I). From correspondence to disputation
Thomas Tilius
Pestilens ille homo
Paper controversy
Debate in Delft
Leiden academy and beyond
4. Pro et contra. The Leiden disputation (1578)
Along the Rapenburg
Fury
Disorder
Settling accounts
Exit
5. The Coornhert affair (II). From pamphlet to disputation
Adrianus Saravia
Narrow margins
Proeve
Resolution, remonstrance and request
Lobbying a reluctant States
6. Bridging the divide. The disputation in the Hague (1583)
The Binnenhof
Conditions
Pertinentia
Multiplication
Persuasiveness
An open ending
In conclusion. Authority and order
Bibliography
Index
Abbreviations
Disputation by decree. An introduction
1. Wartime polemics. On the public church
Letters and pamphlets
Troubled times
A public church
Scepticism
2. Room for debate. A question of tolerance?
The cult of Coornhert
The problem of liberty
Reformation and disputation
3. The Coornhert affair (I). From correspondence to disputation
Thomas Tilius
Pestilens ille homo
Paper controversy
Debate in Delft
Leiden academy and beyond
4. Pro et contra. The Leiden disputation (1578)
Along the Rapenburg
Fury
Disorder
Settling accounts
Exit
5. The Coornhert affair (II). From pamphlet to disputation
Adrianus Saravia
Narrow margins
Proeve
Resolution, remonstrance and request
Lobbying a reluctant States
6. Bridging the divide. The disputation in the Hague (1583)
The Binnenhof
Conditions
Pertinentia
Multiplication
Persuasiveness
An open ending
In conclusion. Authority and order
Bibliography
Index
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