Reforming Finland : the diocese of Turku in the age of Gustav Vasa 1523-1560

Reforming Finland : the diocese of Turku in the age of Gustav Vasa 1523-1560 / Jason Lavery.

Jason Lavery examines the Reformation in the Diocese of Turku during the reign of King Gustav Vasa (r. 1523-1560). This diocese, covering a territory better known then and now as Finland, encompassed the Swedish kingdom east of the Gulf of Bothnia.0The Reformation in Finland was driven by King Gusta...

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Main Author: Lavery, Jason Edward
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden, the Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill, NV, 2017.
Series:Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 210.
Subjects:
Gustav > I Vasa, > King of Sweden, > 1496-1560.
Gustav > I Vasa, > King of Sweden, > 1496-1560
Catholic Church. > Diocese of Åbo (Finland) > History.
Svenska kyrkan > Finland > History > 16th century.
Catholic Church. > Diocese of Åbo (Finland)
Svenska kyrkan
1500-1611
Reformation > Finland.
RELIGION / Christianity / History
Reformation
Finland > Church history > 16th century.
Finland > History > 1523-1611.
Sweden > History > Gustav I Vasa, 1523-1560.
Finland
Sweden
Church history
History
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Jason Lavery examines the Reformation in the Diocese of Turku during the reign of King Gustav Vasa (r. 1523-1560). This diocese, covering a territory better known then and now as Finland, encompassed the Swedish kingdom east of the Gulf of Bothnia.0The Reformation in Finland was driven by King Gustav Vasa?s state-building program, sometimes referred to as?royal reform? in respect to the church, as well as the spread of Lutheran theology and practice. Both royal and Lutheran reform were mutually reinforcing and dependent upon one another.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004354708
9004354700

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