From diaspora to “imagined minority”. Memories of persecution and the cross-generational transformation of Protestant migrant networks in early modern Eur

Most early modern religious diaspora groups in Europe cultivated narratives of persecution and martyrdom and handed them on to future generations. Yet the function of such narratives changed in each migrant generation. Focusing on printed publications of Netherlandish exile communities in Germany and the Northern Netherlands, this article argues that the reception of persecution narratives underwent drastic changes and stimulated new religious identities that allowed believers to see themselves as part of a religious minority even if they now belonged to the dominant groups in society. ; La pl... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Müller, Johannes
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Verlag/Hrsg.: Presses universitaires du Midi
Schlagwörter: diasporas à l’époque moderne / chrétienté à l’époque moderne / changement générationnel / mémoire à l’époque moderne / early modern diasporas / early modern Christianity / generational change / early modern memory / Netherlands / Germany
Sprache: Englisch
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Most early modern religious diaspora groups in Europe cultivated narratives of persecution and martyrdom and handed them on to future generations. Yet the function of such narratives changed in each migrant generation. Focusing on printed publications of Netherlandish exile communities in Germany and the Northern Netherlands, this article argues that the reception of persecution narratives underwent drastic changes and stimulated new religious identities that allowed believers to see themselves as part of a religious minority even if they now belonged to the dominant groups in society. ; La plupart des groupes diasporiques de l’époque moderne ont cultivé des récits de persécution et de martyre, et les ont transmis aux générations suivantes. Pourtant, la fonction de tels récits a changé à chaque génération de migrants. À partir des récits imprimés par les communautés d’exilés néerlandais en Allemagne et dans les Provinces-Unies, cet article soutient que la réception des récits de persécution a connu des changements considérables et a stimulé l’apparition/la formation de nouvelles identités religieuses, qui ont permis aux fidèles de se considérer comme faisant partie d’une minorité religieuse, même s’ils appartenaient désormais aux groupes dominants dans la société