Kirche in Revolutionarer Zeit

The studies presented here analyze the attitude of the state church in Schleswig and Holstein to the issue of revolution in the historical context of the revolt against Denmark in the period 1789 to 1848, which ended in defeat. Taking a regional historical perspective, the accounts examine church functionaries in their development from critics of revolution to revolutionary activists. The conditions and aims of sermons and spiritual care in both post-revolutionary times and prior to the revolutions of 1848 are illuminated through many, often unpublished sources dating from the pre-March era.