The Case Against Johann Reuchlin: Social and Religious Controversy in Sixteenth-Century Germany

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Erika Rummel

The Case Against Johann Reuchlin

Social and Religious Controversy in Sixteenth-Century Germany

Erika Rummel

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University of Toronto Press
25 November 2002

The case of Johann Reuchlin, one of the best-known controversies of the 16th century, has been interpreted in many ways: as a case of anti-Semitism, a controversy between humanists and scholastics, or a case foreshadowing the Reformation debate.

The last interpretation was facilitated by Luther himself, who repeatedly linked his case with that of the biblical humanists Lefevre, Erasmus, and Reuchlin.

In this lively critical analysis, Erika Rummel describes how the second interpretation, which was promoted in the 19th century, was replaced after WWII by a new sensitivity toward the anti-Semitic elements of the affair. More recently, however, the favoured approach is a more nuanced interpretation, acknowledging that the controversy is informed by a combination of social and intellectual currents and reflects both anti-Semitism and academic strife. The section containing the analysis is followed by documents illustrating the case, some of them translated for the first time into English.

By: Erika Rummel
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 424g
ISBN: 9780802036513
ISBN 10: 0802036511
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 25 November 2002
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Erika Rummel is a professor emerita in the Department of History at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Reviews for The Case Against Johann Reuchlin: Social and Religious Controversy in Sixteenth-Century Germany

'A significant contribution to the field in that it provides a fine, nuanced exposition of this important controversy in English, and also a good selection of primary source documents in translation which allow students and scholars to test her interpretations and invite them to reflect upon the primary sources themselves.'--Stephen G. Burnett, Department of History, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 'This manuscript is a significant contribution of synthesis that, through its developmental approach, helps to recontextualize the theme and open broader discussions of the nature of religion and scholarship in the late medieval and early modern periods...Accessible to general readers and yet meaningful to specialists working in this history of the later Middle Ages, Reformation, and Jewish and Christian traditions.'--Dean Bell, Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, Chicago