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Life writing in Reformation Europe : lives of reformers by friends, disciples and foes
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Life writing in Reformation Europe : lives of reformers by friends, disciples and foes / Irena Backus.
ISBN
0754660559
0754680045
9780754660552
9780754680048
Published
Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2008.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxxiii, 259 pages)
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Summary
This engaging study brings to light a largely neglected genre of Reformation literature, the Lives of various Reformers written after their death by contemporaries. Although far less well known than other types of writings, biography constitutes an important body of literature which sheds much light on numerous aspects of the Reformation. Utilising this important canon of reformation writing raises intriguing questions about the role of the individual and of Protestant hagiography, as well as the influence of classical and humanist traditions that stress the importance of the 'great' individua.
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Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Backus, Irena Dorota, 1950- Life writing in Reformation Europe. Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2008
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 08, 2024
Series
St. Andrews studies in Reformation history
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-252) and index.
Contents
Luther : instrument of God or Satan's brood. Main developments in Luther biography, 1546-1581
Lives of chief Swiss reformers : hagiographies, historical accounts, and exempla
Zurich lives in the latter part of the sixteenth century
Early lives of Calvin and Beza by friends and foes
Post-Masson views of Calvin : Catholic and Protestant images of Calvin in the seventeenth century, or the birth of Calvinography.
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