{"product_id":"strange-brethren-maximilian-miguel-scholz-9780813946757","title":"Strange Brethren: Refugees, Religious Bonds, and Reformation in Frankfurt, 1554-1608","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the sixteenth century, German cities and territories welcomed thousands of refugees fleeing the religious persecution sparked by the Reformation. As \u003ci\u003eStrange Brethren\u003c\/i\u003e reveals, these Reformation refugees had a profound impact on the societies they entered. Exploring one major destination for refugees--the city of Frankfurt am Main--Maximilian Miguel Scholz finds that these forced migrants inspired new religious bonds, new religious animosities, and new religious institutions, playing a critical role in the course of the Reformation in Frankfurt and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrange Brethren\u003c\/i\u003e traces the first half century of refugee life in Frankfurt, beginning in 1554 when the city granted twenty-four families of foreign Protestants housing, workspace, and their own church. Soon thousands more refugees arrived. While the city's ruling oligarchs were happy to support these foreigners, the city's clergy resented and feared the refugees. A religious fissure emerged, and Frankfurt's Protestants divided into two competing camps--Lutheran natives and Reformed (Calvinist) foreigners. Both groups began to rethink and reinforce their religious institutions. The religious and civic impact was substantial and enduring. As Strange Brethren shows, many of the hallmarks of modern Protestantism--its confessional divides and its disciplinary structures--resulted from the encounter between refugees and their hosts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudies in Early Modern German History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maximilian Miguel Scholz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813946751\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813946757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 0.81d","brand":"Maximilian Miguel Scholz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44809964585215,"sku":"9780813946757","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4183e5c-171d-41ee-bbad-50c7707049d2.jpg?v=1707927958","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/strange-brethren-maximilian-miguel-scholz-9780813946757","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}