Prince, People, and Confession: The Second Reformation in Brandenburg Book

	Acknowledgments
	List of Illustrations
	Maps
	Introduction	1
Ch. 1	A Via Media Reformation	5
I	Joachim I: Pro-Imperial and Roman	5
II	The Joachimian Reform	11
III	The 1540 Ordinance	17
IV	The Schmalkaldic War and the Interim	25
V	Dynastic Ambitions	29
Ch. 2	The Triumph of Concordian Lutheranism	34
I	Toward a More Rigid Lutheranism	34
II	Confessional Consolidation	40
III	The Survival of Joachimian Ritual	46
IV	New Fears of Calvinism	49
Ch. 3	The Threat of Catholic Counter-Reformation	56
I	The Magdeburg Administrator	56
II	Confessional Realignment	63
III	Political Considerations	73
Ch. 4	The Hohenzollern Conversion	81
I	Education and Upbringing	81
II	The Christmas Communion	91
III	The Question of Motives	94
IV	"Highly Important Persons"	98
V	The Political Side	103
Ch. 5	Enforcing the Second Reformation	111
I	The Plan	111
II	Confessional Clarification	116
III	Coordination	121
IV	Education	126
Ch. 6	Reforming Popular Piety	132
I	Eliminating the "Leftover Papal Dung"	132
II	Reform of Worship	137
III	Art and Music	145
IV	The Church Calendar	153
V	Indifferent Matters	158
Ch. 7	The Lutheran Counteroffensive	161
I	The Clerical Reaction	161
II	Appeals to the People	176
Ch. 8	The Popular Response	185
I	The Berlin "Parliament"	185
II	The Spread of Popular Opposition	193
III	Continued Apathy and Hostility	196
Ch. 9	The Limits of Reformation	204
I	The Estates' Reaction	204
II	The Prussian Response	211
III	The Failure of Reformation	217
IV	Crisis and War	223
Ch. 10	Concession and Compromise	235
I	In the Confessional Arena	235
II	In the Political Arena	246
	List of Abbreviations	261
	Notes	263
	Bibliography	327
	Index	359