Future Jerusalem? Johann Valentin Andreae’s Vision of Christianopolis

Sparn WH (2021)


Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes

Publication year: 2021

Publisher: De Gruyter

Edited Volumes: Tracing the Jerusalem Code. Volume 2: The Chosen People. Christian Cultures in Early Modern Scandinavia (1536–ca. 1750)

City/Town: Berlin/Boston

Pages Range: 440-458

ISBN: 9783110634877

DOI: 10.1515/9783110639452-023

Abstract

The Thirty Years’ War (1618–48) was a religious and political disaster which had repercussions far beyond the Empire. Sweden’s involvement coincided with the start of its infamous Great Period [Stormaktstiden] and the Danish king was affected through his possession of land in Northern Germany. Denmark’s direct involvement from 1625 lasted until their defeat in 1629. In this dire situation, attempts at reform were manifold, and some of the most significant were formulated as projections of ideal societies, as future Jerusalems. One of them was Johann Valentin Andreae’s Christianopolis from 1619, perhaps the most famous among the Protestant utopias.

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APA:

Sparn, W.H. (2021). Future Jerusalem? Johann Valentin Andreae’s Vision of Christianopolis. In Eivor Andersen Oftestad, Joar Haga (Eds.), Tracing the Jerusalem Code. Volume 2: The Chosen People. Christian Cultures in Early Modern Scandinavia (1536–ca. 1750). (pp. 440-458). Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter.

MLA:

Sparn, Walter Helmuth. "Future Jerusalem? Johann Valentin Andreae’s Vision of Christianopolis." Tracing the Jerusalem Code. Volume 2: The Chosen People. Christian Cultures in Early Modern Scandinavia (1536–ca. 1750). Ed. Eivor Andersen Oftestad, Joar Haga, Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2021. 440-458.

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