Brethren in Christ

Informationen zum Autor Ole Peter Grell is Reader in History at the Open University. His previous publications include The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (as co-author, Cambridge, 2000) and The Impact of the European Reformation: Princes, Clergy and People (as co-editor, 2008). Klappentext This groundbreaking book explores the migration of European Calvinist refugees and the strong network they forged through marriage and enterprise. Zusammenfassung This groundbreaking book explores the migration of Calvinist refugees in Reformation Europe during a century of persecution! exile and minority existence. It traces the lives of some of the earliest Reformed merchant families as they forged the backbone of international Calvinism through a potent combination of marriage and enterprise. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The start of the Calvinist network: the journey from Lucca, via Lyon, to Paris; 2. A European network takes shape; 3. The Calvinist network and the Thirty Years War; 4. The collections for Calvinist exiles in England, Scotland and Ireland; 5. The collections for Calvinist exiles in the Dutch Republic, Switzerland, and France; 6. The benevolence of wealthy, individual 'Brethren in Christ'; Epilogue.

Product details

• Authors: Ole Peter Grell, Ole Peter (The Open University Grell, Grell Ole Peter
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.08.2011
• EAN: 9781107008816
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00881-6
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Europe, European History, RELIGION / History, Christianity, Economic history, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Religion, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Church history, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Calvinist, Reformed and Presbyterian Churches