The Feast of Corpus Christi in Mikulov, Moravia: Strategies of Roman Catholic Counter-Reform (1579–86)
This essay approaches the Feast of Corpus Christi as a means of Roman Catholic identity-formation from the perspective of Roman Catholic priests who lived and worked in Mikulov (Nikolsburg), Moravia, between 1579 and 1586. Local overlord Adam von Dietrichstein brought a missionary Jesuit and parish...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Catholic University of America Press
2010
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The catholic historical review
Year: 2010, Volume: 96, Issue: 4, Pages: 651-677 |
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B von Dietrichstein B Hutterite Anabaptists B Feast of Corpus Christi B Mikulov B Christoph B Erhard |
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| Summary: | This essay approaches the Feast of Corpus Christi as a means of Roman Catholic identity-formation from the perspective of Roman Catholic priests who lived and worked in Mikulov (Nikolsburg), Moravia, between 1579 and 1586. Local overlord Adam von Dietrichstein brought a missionary Jesuit and parish priests to the estate to return it to the Roman rite. However, he was reluctant to take coercive action against the non-Catholics, especially the profitable communitarian Hutterite Anabaptists. By examining the founding charter of the Mikulov Corpus Christi Confraternity from 1584 and a Corpus Christi sermon from 1585, the author elucidates the priests' strategies to promote Roman devotion in Mikulov. These measures included the formation of a confraternity devoted to the Body of Christ and heavy reliance on Scripture as a source of legitimation for the traditional rituals and practices of the Roman Church, especially the veneration of the Host during the Feast of Corpus Christi. |
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| ISSN: | 1534-0708 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic historical review
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