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The Elite And Popular Foundations Of German Catholicism In The Age Of Confessionalism: The Reichskirche., Marc R. Forster Sep 1993

The Elite And Popular Foundations Of German Catholicism In The Age Of Confessionalism: The Reichskirche., Marc R. Forster

History Faculty Publications

The political, institutional, and religious particularism of the German church reinforced the loyalty of the population, to local religious traditions. This gave German Catholicism a local emphasis and hindered the imposition of reformed Catholicism, which sought to homogenize, centralize, and internationalize the church. While early modern German Catholicism was certainly conservative, it was not rigidly traditional. Religious change occurred in these centuries and it came out of the interaction between the local population, local institutions like the chapters and monasteries, the parish clergy, and reforming churchmen.[70] The role of chapters and monasteries was not insignificant in this process.
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Urban Identity And Transitional Politics: The Transformation Of Political Allegiance Inside Amiens Before And After The City's 1594 Capitulation To Henry Iv, Annette S. Finley-Croswhite Jan 1993

Urban Identity And Transitional Politics: The Transformation Of Political Allegiance Inside Amiens Before And After The City's 1594 Capitulation To Henry Iv, Annette S. Finley-Croswhite

History Faculty Publications

Examines the reasons for the rise and fall of the Catholic League in Amiens, France, between 1588 and 1594. The league was a powerful group of wealthy lawyers, merchants, and churchmen opposed to the king concerned over the loss of urban privileges, regional loyalties, and the presence of the king's clients within the city. In 1594 the city capitulated to Henry IV, marking the beginning of the league's decline.


Morgan County - Riding The Blue Goose With Stops At Wrigley And Lenox, W. Lynn Nickell Jan 1993

Morgan County - Riding The Blue Goose With Stops At Wrigley And Lenox, W. Lynn Nickell

County Histories of Kentucky

Riding the Blue Goose with Stops at Wrigley and Lenox: A Pictorial History of the Lenox and Morehead & North Fork Railroads in Kentucky by W. Lynn Nickell published in 1993.


The Kentucky Encyclopedia, Entries For "A.D. Albright, Margaret I. King, Frances Jewell Mcvey, Frank L. Mcvey, James Kennedy Patterson, Sullivan Law, Whas Radio, And Wilson W. Wyatt.", Terry L. Birdwhistell Jan 1993

The Kentucky Encyclopedia, Entries For "A.D. Albright, Margaret I. King, Frances Jewell Mcvey, Frank L. Mcvey, James Kennedy Patterson, Sullivan Law, Whas Radio, And Wilson W. Wyatt.", Terry L. Birdwhistell

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

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The ‘Political Suicide’ Of Robert M. La Follette: Public Disaster, Private Catharsis, Nancy Unger Jan 1993

The ‘Political Suicide’ Of Robert M. La Follette: Public Disaster, Private Catharsis, Nancy Unger

History

On February 2, 1912, progressive Wisconsin Senator Robert M. La Follette gave a speech at the Periodical Publishers Association banquet in Philadelphia that altered not only the course of his presidential campaign, but the course of his entire subsequent career. He lashed out publicly at members of the press with such a complete lack of self-control that it haunted him forever (most notably during his opposition to U.S. entry into World War I and during his final presidential bid in 1924). This public breakdown perplexed contemporaries and has baffled historians. Existing explanations of the origins and implications of the shocking …