Construction of Reformed Identity in Jean Crespin''s Livre Des Martyrs - All the True Christians

Between 1554 and 1570, the Genevan printer Jean Crespin compiled seven French-language editions of his martyrology. In The Construction of Reformed Identity in Jean Crespin's Livre des Martyrs, Jameson Tucker explores how this martyrology helped to shape a distinct Reformed identity for its Protestant readership, with a particular interest in the stranger groups that Crespin included within his Livre des Martyrs.

By comparing each edition of the Livre des Martyrs, this book examines Crespin's editorial processes and considers the impact that he intended his work to have on his readers. Through this, it provides a window into the Reformed Church and its members during the outbreak of the French Wars of Religion. This is the first volume to comparatively study all seven French-language editions of Crespin's Livre des Martyrs and will be essential reading for all scholars of the Reformation and early modern France.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Hussites and Protestant History

Chapter 2: 'What little true light they had’: The Vaudois in history and martyrology

Chapter 3: The Alpine Vaudois in the 1550s and 1560s

Chapter 4: ‘Luther n’est point mort pour moy’: Crespin and Lutheran Martyrs

Chapter 5: The German Peasants' War

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Jameson Tucker is Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Plymouth. His previous publications include 'From Fire to Iron: Martyrs and Massacre victims in Genevan martyrology' in Dying, Death, Burial and Commemoration in Early Modern Europe, edited by Liz Tingle and Jonathan Willis (2015).

Summary

The Construction of Reformed Identity in Jean Crespin’s Livre des Martyrs explores the construction of a distinct Reformed identity through Crespin's martyrology. Exploring Crespin’s martyrology can provide a window into the self-perception of the Reformed church during and around the outbreak of the French Wars of Religion. Thi

Product details

• Authors: Jameson Tucker, Jameson (University of Plymouth Tucker, Tucker Jameson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367876357
• ISBN: 978-0-367-87635-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Routledge Research in Early Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History, France, European History, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / France, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, General & world history, c 1500 onwards to present day, Archaeology, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, History and Archaeology, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards