Lutheran Reformation and the law
The study based on interdisciplinary research by theologians and legal historians investigating the legal, philosophical and theological aspects of the Lutheran Reformation in the church and society, and the impact of the Reformation on law in the Nordic countries.
Print Book, English, 2006
Brill, Leiden, 2006
Aufsatzsammlung
xii, 270 pages ; 25 cm.
9789004149045, 900414904X
62188990
ContributorsForewordLutheran Reformation and the Law in Recent Scholarship, Heikki Pihlajamäki & Risto SaarinenPART I. LAW, THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY1. Divine and Natural Law in Luther and Melanchthon, Antti Raunio2. Right and Dominion in Luther’s Thought and Its Medieval Background, Virpi Mäkinen & Antti Raunio3. Nominalist Psychology and the Limits of Canon Law in Late Medieval Erfurt, Pekka Kärkkäinen4. Communio sanctorum: Remarks on the Ideal Community, Reijo TyörinojaPART II. LAW AND REFORM5. Lutheran Marriage Norms in Action: The Example of Post-Reformation Sweden, 1520–1600, Mia Korpiola6. Executor divinarum et suarum legum: Criminal Law and the Lutheran Reformation, Heikki Pihlajamäki7. The Lutheran Reform of Poor Relief: A Historical and Legal Viewpoint, Kaarlo ArffmanSources and BibliographyIndex of NamesIndex of Subjects