Catholic Revival in the Age of the Baroque: Religious Identity in Southwest Germany, 1550-1750

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 4
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Maps......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 13
Secondary works......Page 15
Introduction......Page 17
CHAPTER 1 The Counter-Reformation offensive, 1550–1650......Page 34
The case of Burkheim, 1585–1587......Page 37
State-led reform......Page 42
TRIDENTINE REFORM IN THE BISHOPRIC OF CONSTANCE......Page 52
Synods......Page 54
Visitations......Page 57
The Clerical Council and the episcopal seminary......Page 64
CATHOLIC REFORM UNDER LOCAL LEADERSHIP......Page 66
The Catholic cities......Page 67
Monasteries and reform......Page 69
CONCLUSION......Page 74
CHAPTER 2 The sacral landscape and pilgrimage piety......Page 77
Parish churches......Page 80
Chapels......Page 83
Shrines, roadside crosses, and holy trees......Page 88
Monasteries and convents......Page 91
The interior of churches and their decoration......Page 92
PILGRIMAGE PIETY......Page 99
Pilgrimages and shrines......Page 100
Pilgrimage and confessionalism in the late sixteenth century......Page 102
Pilgrimage and the Thirty Years’ War......Page 106
The heyday of pilgrimage......Page 107
Maria Steinbach and the multiple meaning of pilgrimage......Page 113
Communal pilgrimage......Page 118
CONCLUSION......Page 120
THE LITURGICAL YEAR AND EVERYDAY RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE......Page 122
The rites of passage......Page 124
The liturgical year......Page 126
Processions......Page 132
Weekly and daily services......Page 138
THE RISE OF INDIVIDUAL DEVOTION......Page 147
Confraternities......Page 149
Personal and private devotion......Page 163
CLERICALISM AND COMMUNALISM......Page 168
CLERICALISM AND ANTI-CLERICALISM......Page 173
THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF THE PARISH CLERGY......Page 183
Clerical celibacy......Page 184
Salem and the secular clergy......Page 186
Toward a professional parish clergy......Page 189
CONCLUSION......Page 199
CHAPTER 5 The communal church in German Catholicism......Page 201
The administration of the parish......Page 203
Communal supervision of the clergy......Page 208
Organizing devotional life......Page 213
Seefelden, 1620s......Page 215
Schönau, 1661......Page 218
Dellmensingen, 1692......Page 219
Bermatingen, 1701......Page 221
CONCLUSION......Page 222
CHAPTER 6 Reformers and intermediaries, 1650–1750......Page 224
Tridentine reform after 1650......Page 226
Confessionalization after 1650......Page 233
The Jesuits and Capuchins......Page 236
INTERMEDIARIES......Page 244
POPULAR CATHOLICISM, LOCAL RELIGION AND REGIONAL PATTERNS......Page 249
Conclusion......Page 257
Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart (HStASt.)......Page 261
SECONDARY WORKS......Page 262
Index......Page 273