The Italian Reformers and the Zurich Church, c.1540-1620

The Italian Reformers and the Zurich Church, c.1540-1620 is the first systematic study to assess the relationship between Italian speaking protestants and the Zurich Church during the period 1540-1620. It explores the attitude of the Zurich Church to the spread of Reformed religion in Italy, and whether it showed the sort of concern for the international spread of the Reformation normally associated with Geneva. In so doing, this book contributes to the on-going reassessment of Zurich's role within the wider European Reform movement.

List of contents

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.

About the author

Mark Taplin

Summary

Mark Taplin's study traces the impact of a vociferous minority of genuine Italian Protestants who evangelized up until the early 1540s. It was because of persecution that many of them were forced to leave Italy. This volume focuses upon those who spent their exile in Zurich.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Taplin, Taplin Mark
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.2003
• EAN: 9780754609780
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-0978-0
• No. of pages: 382
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 703 g
• Series: St Andrews Studies in Reformation History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; History: specific events & topics, RELIGION / General, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, Religion & beliefs, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, History: specific events and topics, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Religion and beliefs, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600