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Marianne Roobol, Disputation by Decree. The Public Disputations between Reformed Ministers and Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert as Instruments of Religious Policy during the Dutch Revolt (1577–1583) (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions 152). Brill, Leiden/Boston 2010, xiv + 308 pp. ISBN 978 9 004 18661 3. €99; US$141.

Marianne Roobol, Disputation by Decree. The Public Disputations between Reformed Ministers and... Marianne Roobol, Disputation by Decree. The Public Disputations between Reformed Ministers and Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert as Instruments of Religious Policy during the Dutch Revolt (­) [Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions ]. Brill, Leiden/Boston , xiv + pp. ISBN . ; US . This is an impressive study of the thirteen days during which two remarkable religious debates were held between three notable Dutch Reformed ministers and Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert. These debates in Leiden () and The Hague () were organized by committees appointed by the States of Holland to maintain unity in political and religious affairs. Following Andrew Pettegree Marianne Roobol maintains that the usual perception of a lack of government support for the Reformed Church is superficial and not warranted by the facts. By studying the debates with Coornhert, she casts light on the religious policy of the States which was based on a special relationship between government and Reformed Church: the public church. The public legitimization of this general, public church was at stake in the religious disputations. The presiding over by government officials of both debates made it obvious that these were indeed affairs of state. In the first chapter Roobol introduces the players--Arent http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Church History and Religious Culture (formerly Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis) Brill

Marianne Roobol, Disputation by Decree. The Public Disputations between Reformed Ministers and Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert as Instruments of Religious Policy during the Dutch Revolt (1577–1583) (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions 152). Brill, Leiden/Boston 2010, xiv + 308 pp. ISBN 978 9 004 18661 3. €99; US$141.

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Copyright 2012 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1871-241X
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Marianne Roobol, Disputation by Decree. The Public Disputations between Reformed Ministers and Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert as Instruments of Religious Policy during the Dutch Revolt (­) [Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions ]. Brill, Leiden/Boston , xiv + pp. ISBN . ; US . This is an impressive study of the thirteen days during which two remarkable religious debates were held between three notable Dutch Reformed ministers and Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert. These debates in Leiden () and The Hague () were organized by committees appointed by the States of Holland to maintain unity in political and religious affairs. Following Andrew Pettegree Marianne Roobol maintains that the usual perception of a lack of government support for the Reformed Church is superficial and not warranted by the facts. By studying the debates with Coornhert, she casts light on the religious policy of the States which was based on a special relationship between government and Reformed Church: the public church. The public legitimization of this general, public church was at stake in the religious disputations. The presiding over by government officials of both debates made it obvious that these were indeed affairs of state. In the first chapter Roobol introduces the players--Arent

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