Calvinism in Europe, 1540-1620
By: edited by Andrew Pettegree, Alastair Duke, and Gillian Lewis.
Contributors: Pettegree, Andrew.; Duke, A. C.; Lewis, Gillian.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Calvinism -- Europe -- History -- Congresses.
Description: "Calvinism was the most dynamic and disruptive religious force of the later sixteenth century. Its emergence on the international scene shattered the precarious equilibrium established in the first generation of the Reformation, and precipitated three generations of religious warfare. This new collection of original essays probes different aspects of this complex phenomenon at a local level. Contributors present the results of their detailed work on societies as diverse as France, Germany, Highland Scotland and Hungary. Among wider themes approached are the impact of Calvin's writings, Calvinism in higher education, the contrasting fates of Reformed preachers in town and country, Calvinist discipline and apocalyptic thought, and the shadowy affinity of merchants and scholars who formed a critical part of the 'Calvinist International'."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Papers originally delivered at a conference held at St. Anne's College, Oxford, Sept. 1-4, 1992, and presented here in revised versions.