Czech Protestant Printed Books from the Toleration Period (1781–1861)
| Pages | 9–15 |
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| DOI | 10.2478/amnpsc-2018-0002 |
| Keywords | Protestant literature – Protestant book culture – Protestantism in the Czech lands – toleration period – religious literature |
| Type of Article | Peer-reviewed |
| Citation | NEŠPOR, Zdeněk. Czech Protestant Printed Books from the Toleration Period (1781–1861). Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae – Historia litterarum. Prague: National Museum, 2018, 63(3-4), 9–15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amnpsc-2018-0002. ISSN 2570-6861 (Print), 2570-687X (Online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/amnphl/63-3-4/czech-protestant-printed-books-from-the-toleration-period-17811861 |
The issue of the Edict of Toleration legalised Protestants of Lutheran and Reformed confessions in Bohemia and Moravia. Their religious life required the support of printed materials in the form of religious literature of the corresponding confession approved by the state. Relatively high production of Protestant books, both original and translated, began to emerge. They anchored both Protestant denominations but simultaneously became mutually competitive and sometimes came into controversy with Roman Catholic authors. The author of this article monitors all printed Protestant literature in Bohemia and Moravia of the so-called toleration period, i.e. the period when the believers of the two Protestant confessions did not have full-fledged positions and were affected by numerous restrictions. In terms of book culture, it is divided into: 1) the period of early toleration (1781–1800), 2) the period of established toleration (1800–1848) and 3) the period of late toleration (1848–1861). In this framework, he provides an overview of Protestant literature in terms of its typological, authorial and publishing development and also evaluates the readership of this literary production.
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