382 Pages
by
Routledge
382 Pages
by
Routledge
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Recently scholars have become increasingly aware of Zurich's role as an intellectual and cultural centre of the European Reformation. This study focuses on a little-known aspect of the Zurich church's international activity: its relationship with Italian-speaking evangelicals during the period 1540-1620. The work assesses the importance of Zwinglian influences within the early Italian evangelical... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Zurich and the Italian reformers to 1955; The Locarnese exiles and Zurich's Italian church; The Ochino affair and its aftermath; Defining and defending orthodoxy: the Zurich church's response to Italian religious radicalism in eastern Europe; The Zurich church and the confrontation with the Italian 'heretics' of Rhaetia, 1561-72; From heretics to martyrs: Zurich and the Italian Reformed churches of Graubünden, 1572-1620; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Mark Taplin
'Mark Taplin's work convincingly demonstrates the significance of boh entities as encapsulated in the title. An impressive array of archival materials, equally wide-ranging primary and secondary materials, and a combination of nuanced historiographical awareness and theological acumen all contribute to making this an indispensable source.' Sixteenth Century Journal 'Mark Taplin has given us a thoroughly researched, clearly written and richly informative study that makes contributions in a number of areas: the Italian Reformation, reformed dogmatics, Zurich and Swiss church history, and Radical Reformation.' Renaissance Quarterly
