Visuelle Bekenntnisse. Die bildliche Ausstattung Schaumburger Dorfkirchen und ihre vor- und nachreformatorische Botschaft
Visual Confessions. The pictorial furnishings of Schaumburger Dorfkirchen and their pre- and post-Reformation message
by Christina Eifler
Date of Examination:2017-05-05
Date of issue:2017-10-25
Advisor:Prof. Dr. Thomas Noll
Referee:PD Dr. Christian Scholl
Referee:Prof. Dr. Carsten-Peter Warncke
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The efforts to renew the church structures, which began in the early sixteenth century, had serious consequences, for, at the end of the twentieth century, two different confessions emerged. Without question, this religious upheaval also had consequences at the cultural, political and social level. The present work provides an art history contribution to the study of denominationalization in Northern Germany, by capturing the depictions on equipment of rural church buildings in the former county of Schaumburg and considering the Reformation - primarily Lutheran - doctrine. The pre-and post-reformation image language is explained. The importance of the Reformation for the rural population, which was carried out in Schaumburg in 1559, is to be shown in the two relatively recent research centers, village communities and the artistic-artistic distinction of the confessions. In addition, the rank of works of art is determined in the post-Reformation period. To use the image-artistic church furnishings as a mirror of religious understanding in a time that is changing for the church appears to be very revealing with regard to the denominational identity of the population against the backdrop of a ruler who is rather hesitant in confessional questions and a lively trade in the Weser region.
Keywords: confession, art history, denominationalization,equipmen, rural church buildings, Schaumburg, Reformation, Lutheran doctrine, image language