Religious reading in the Lutheran north : studies in early modern Scandinavian book culture /
Religious Reading in the Lutheran North opens up the doors to a part of early modern European history that has often been overlooked. In the Nordic countries, an abundance of religious literature in the vernacular was produced in the centuries following the Reformation, and reading was almost exclus...
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars,
2011
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Religious Reading in the Lutheran North opens up the doors to a part of early modern European history that has often been overlooked. In the Nordic countries, an abundance of religious literature in the vernacular was produced in the centuries following the Reformation, and reading was almost exclusively taught to children in a Lutheran Protestant setting. Literacy rates were high, and by the mid eighteenth century around ninety per cent of both men and women could read. The eight contributio ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-230). |
| ISBN: | 9781443827676 1443827673 144382643X 9781443826433 128314221X 9781283142212 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from pdf information screen (Ebsco, viewed March 15, 2013). |
