Reform Before the Reformation
Subtitle: Vicenzo Querini and the Religious Renaissance in Italy (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: January 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9789004123793
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Philosophy of religion; Reformation (1517-1648); Roman Catholic Church; Religion; Religion - Church History; Christianity - History - General; General; Interior Design - General; Christian Church - Church Administration; Christianity - General; 1478-1514; 16th century; Catholic Church; Church history; Church renewal; History; Italy; Querini, Vincenzo,
Description: "An important aspect of the Italian Renaissance was church reform. This book examines the nature of that reform - especially in Venice. Florence and Rome - as viewed through the unpublished manuscripts of a Venetian nobleman who became a Camaldolese hermit: Vincenzo Querini (1478-1514). This book sets Querini's personal journey to reform in the context of Venetian society, as well as against the backdrop of political crisis, cultural revival, and monastic renaissance in Italy generally. Querini's attempt to reform himself, the Roman Catholic Church, and the whole of Christendom are of interest to historians seeking to revise the chronology of early modern church reform since he employed a range of scriptural, humanist, conciliar, monastic, and mystical methods that had medieval antecedents but were also imitated by reformers after the Reformation."--Jacket.