The Dark Side of the Reformation: State-Building in the Age of Religious Competition
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The Dark Side of the Reformation : State-Building in the Age of Religious Competition. / Cappelen, Christoffer; Hariri, Jacob.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The Dark Side of the Reformation
T2 - State-Building in the Age of Religious Competition
AU - Cappelen, Christoffer
AU - Hariri, Jacob
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The Protestant Reformation is typically associated with normatively desirable political and economic outcomes. In this paper, we argue that the weakened legitimacy of the Catholic Church created a window for strong rulers to secularize Church property. This shifted the power balance toward rulers as against society and negatively affected parliamentary institutions and economic development. The paper complements previous studies by documenting a darker side to the Protestant Reformation, at least in the short run.
AB - The Protestant Reformation is typically associated with normatively desirable political and economic outcomes. In this paper, we argue that the weakened legitimacy of the Catholic Church created a window for strong rulers to secularize Church property. This shifted the power balance toward rulers as against society and negatively affected parliamentary institutions and economic development. The paper complements previous studies by documenting a darker side to the Protestant Reformation, at least in the short run.
U2 - 10.2139/ssrn.4212473
DO - 10.2139/ssrn.4212473
M3 - Journal article
JO - SSRN: Social Science Research Network
JF - SSRN: Social Science Research Network
SN - 1556-5068
ER -
ID: 336608982