Obedient Heretics: Mennonite Identities in Lutheran Hamburg & Altona During the Confessional Age St. Andrew's Studies in Reformation History

Author	Michael D. Driedger
ISBN	9780754602927
Publisher	Ashgate Publishing
Manufacturer	Ashgate Publishing

This case study examines the history of the Netherlandic Mennonite community living in and around Hamburg after the Thirty Years War. Based on detailed archival research, it expands the scope of Radical Reformation studies to include the confessional age (c. 1550-1750). During this period Mennonites had to conform politically while trying to preserve many of the non-conformist ideals of their forebears, such as the refusal to baptize children, bear arms and swear solemn oaths. The research presented in Obedient Heretics will be of interest to scholars of minority communities, as well as those concerned with the Reformation's legacy, confessionalization, and confessional identity.

This case study examines the history of the Netherlandic Mennonite community living in and around Hamburg after the Thirty Years War. Based on detailed archival research, it expands the scope of Radical Reformation studies to include the confessional age (c. 1550-1750). During this period Mennonites had to conform politically while trying to preserve many of the non-conformist ideals of their forebears, such as the refusal to baptize children, bear arms and swear solemn oaths. The research presented in Obedient Heretics will, it is intended, be of interest to scholars of minority communities in addition to those concerned with the Reformation's legacy, confessionalization and confessional identity.