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Lavery, Jason Edward.

Reforming Finland : the diocese of Turku in the age of Gustav Vasa 1523-1560 / Jason Lavery. - 1 online resource. - Studies in medieval and reformation traditions ; v. 210 . - Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions 210. European History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2017-II, ISBN: 9789004328013. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Scholars, Reformers, and the Diocese of Turku -- The Church and Medieval Finland -- Finland and Gustav Vasa's Reformation by Crisis -- Reformation by Coexistence -- The Creation of a Royal Church -- A Reformation in Reverse? -- The Vernacular Reformation -- Schools, Art, and Belief -- The End of the Medieval Diocese -- Conclusion.

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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. The 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.

ISBN: 9789004354708

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789004354708 DOI

LCCN: 2017041683

Subjects--Personal Names:
Gustav I Vasa, King of Sweden, 1496-1560.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Catholic Church. Diocese of Åbo (Finland) --History.
Svenska kyrkan--History--Finland--16th century.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Reformation--Finland.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Finland--Church history--16th century.
Finland--History--1523-1611.
Sweden--History--Gustav I Vasa, 1523-1560.

LC Class. No.: BR420.F5 / L38 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 274.897/06