Background
Soergel, Philip Mark was born on May 23, 1959 in Pittsburgh. Son of Ray Clair and Donna Lee Soergel.
( At the close of the sixteenth century, despite Protesta...)
At the close of the sixteenth century, despite Protestant attempts to discourage popular devotion to saints and shrines, the Roman Church in Bavaria initiated a propagandistic campaign through the publishing of pilgrimage books and pamphlets. Philip Soergel's cogent exploration of this little-known pilgrimage literature yields a vivid portrait of religion before, during, and after the Reformation and Counter-Reformation. These "advertisements," combining testimonies of miracles with fantastic legends about shrines, fueled the conflict between Catholics and Protestants and helped shape a distinctive Catholic historical consciousness. Soergel stresses the power of the printed word as a defense of traditional authority, testing other historians' assertions about the neglect of printing and literacy in the Counter-Reformation.
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Soergel, Philip Mark was born on May 23, 1959 in Pittsburgh. Son of Ray Clair and Donna Lee Soergel.
Bachelor, Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio, 1980. AM, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1988.
Assistant professor history Arizona State University, Tempe, 1989—1994, associate professor history, 1994—2005, University Maryland, College Park, since 2005.
( At the close of the sixteenth century, despite Protesta...)
(Volume 2 of the Arts and Humanities series covering Renai...)
Member, editorial board Studies Medieval and Renaissance History, Tempe, 2005—2008. Member of Society Reformation Research (chair and member, nominating committee 1995-1998), Sixteenth Century Studies Society, American History Association (chair 2007-2007, Leo Gershoy Prize Committee).
Married Marcia Irene Willis, May 28, 1983. Children: Elizabeth Lee, William James.