Consolidation of the Lutheran Confession and Expressions of Religious Life in Northern Europe

Diploma thesis "Consolidation of the Lutheran Confession and Expression of Religious Life in Northern Europe" deals with the Reformation in Northern Europe in years from 1520 to 1560. Thesis covers period from the first manifestations of the Lutheran faith, penetrating from northern Germany to Scandinavia and based on the crisis of Catholic Church and as a result of social and political upheavals, until its anchor and gradual consolidation as a state religion. It shows reforming process in the Nordic countries primarily as a process from above, when serves to the royal crown to limit the power of the Catholic Church and to solve the critical financial situation. Individual chapters - Denmark/Norway, Sweden/Finland, Iceland - dedicated to this process according to the geographical classification, based on the historical context. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org