Michael Servetus - Intellectual Giant, Humanist, and Martyr

Michael Servetus was probably unequaled in depth and breadth of the ideas, which revolutionized thinking about religion and its tenets. Servetus was a central figure in history whose fate and writings directed other people to rethink social structures, legal systems, the place of the individual in society and his/her rights to basic freedoms.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Foreword by Ángel Alcalá Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 Michael Servetus Chronology Chapter 5 From Villanueva to Basel: De Trinitatis erroribus and Dialogorum de Trinitate Chapter 6 Alias Michel de Villeneuve: Editor and Docteur en Médecine Chapter 7 Vienne and Christianismi restitutio Chapter 8 Exposure and the Trial at Vienne Chapter 9 The Trial in Geneva Chapter 10 Sentence and Martyrdom Chapter 11 Calvin and Religious Persecution Chapter 12 Sebastian Castellio and the Aftermath of Servetus's Death Chapter 13 Epilogue Chapter 14 List of Works Published by Michael Servetus Chapter 15 Index of Names

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By M. Hillar and Claire S. Allen

Product details

• Authors: Claire S. Allen, Allen Claire S., M. Hillar
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.12.2002
• EAN: 9780761824008
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-2400-8
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 212 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 386 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Blasphemy, Heresy & Apostasy, Blasphemy, Heresy, Apostasy