Countering the Reformation in France and the Netherlands: Clerical Leadership and Catholic Violence 1560 –1585

Between 1577 and 1585 Calvinists in Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, Ypres and Brussels disturbed processions, burned books, broke images, expelled priests and eventually banned Catholic worship altogether. Yet, whereas Calvinists in France met with Catholic outrage, with gruesome violence in the streets, wi...

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Published in:Past & present 2006-02, Vol.190 (1), p.83-120
Main Author: Pollmann, Judith
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
16th century
Calvinism
Catholicism
Christianity
Comparative analysis
European history
France
Heresy
History
History and sciences of religions
Middle Ages
Modern period
Netherlands
Preachers
Priests
Protestant Reformation
Protestantism
Reformation
Religion
Religious history
Religious terrorism
Religious wars
Roman Catholicism
Social Response
Society of Jesus
Violence
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Summary:Between 1577 and 1585 Calvinists in Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, Ypres and Brussels disturbed processions, burned books, broke images, expelled priests and eventually banned Catholic worship altogether. Yet, whereas Calvinists in France met with Catholic outrage, with gruesome violence in the streets, with mutilation of corpses and mass demonstrations, with lynchings, drownings and mock trials, Catholic lay people in the Netherlands were almost completely passive in their response to Reformed activism. This article seeks to examine why this should have been the case.
ISSN:0031-2746
1477-464X
DOI:10.1093/pastj/gtj003