Venice''s Hidden Enemies - Italian Heretics in a Renaissance City

"At last the religious nonconformists of Reformation Italy have been resurrected by a master historian. Allowing them to speak in their own words, not just those of the theologians who inspired them or the inquisitors who interrogated them, Martin nimbly recreates the social world of the Italian evangelicals, anabaptists, and millenarians. . . . One of the most successful blendings of social and religious history yet achieved."—Edward Muir, Louisiana State University

"Martin upsets the artificial boundaries between Renaissance and baroque Italy and forces historians to rethink larger questions of the period."—R. Po-chia Hsia, New York University

"Martin skillfully navigates the intricate channels of shifting religious commitments and social interests, archival records and a rich historiography, large historical changes and individual experiences. A model of synthesis of social and cultural history, and the best case study we have so far on the challenge of the sixteenth-century religious crisis in Italy."—Randolph Starn, Univrsity of California, Berkeley

Info autore

John Martin is Associate Professor of History at Trinity University.

Riassunto

Exploring how Renaissance Venice, a city renowned for its political freedom, also became a centre of religious dissent, this study offers a recreation of the social and cultural worlds of the Venetian heretics, and explores the connection between religious belief and social experience.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Martin, Martin John
• Editore: University Of California Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.07.1993
• EAN: 9780520077430
• ISBN: 978-0-520-07743-0
• Pagine: 304
• Serie: Studies on the History of Soci; Studies on the History of Society and Culture
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo; European History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, RELIGION / Blasphemy, Heresy & Apostasy, Italy, Christianity, CE period up to c 1500, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Blasphemy, Heresy, Apostasy