Author
Spohnholz; Jesse ; Veen; Mirjam van
Year
2024
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer
Language
English
Pages
38
ISBN
978-1-80543-161-9
Last Update
31-Mar-2026
Keywords
Religion ; Sociology
According to standard historical convention, sixteenth-century Dutch Reformed migrants fled because of their shared commitment to the Reformed truth. These Reformed believers were prepared to leave their homes, family, and friends to give up their financial and social security and to face a period of suffering abroad for their faith. Challenges to this rather simple narrative are not new. Already in 1937, L. J. Rogier questioned the religious commitment of migrants, many of whom, he pointed out, never even became members of the foreign churches. Later, social historians like Raingard Esser also emphasized how migrants balanced religious commitment with economic
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