Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction. The Politics of Conversion in Early Modern Germany 1
5. Chapter One. Paths of Salvation and Boundaries of Belief: Spatial Discourse and the Meanings of Conversion in Early Modern Germany 14
6. Chapter Two. Conversion Concepts in Early Modern Germany: Protestant and Catholic 31
7. Chapter Three. Turning Dutch? Conversion in Early Modern Weselz 49
8. Chapter Four. The Right to Be Catholic—the Right to Be Protestant? Perspectives on Conversion before and after the Peace of Westphalia 69
9. Chapter Five. Conversion and Diplomacy in Absolutist Northern Europe 87
10. Chapter Six. Irenicism and the Challenges of Conversion in the Early Eighteenth Century 101
11. Chapter Seven. Mish-Mash with the Enemy: Identity, Politics, Power, and the Threat of Forced Conversion in Frederick William I’s Prussia 119
12. Chapter Eight. Pietist Conversion Narratives and Confessional Identity 135
13. Chapter Nine. Conversion and Sarcasm in the Autobiography of Johann Christian Edelmann 153
14. Afterword 169
15. Bibliography 173
16. Notes on the Contributors 195
17. Index 200