The Construction of Reformed Identity in Jean Crespin's Livre des Martyrs: All The True Christians

ISBN-13: 9780367876357 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 208 str.

Jameson Tucker

Opis

The Construction of Reformed Identity in Jean Crespin’s Livre des Martyrs explores the construction of a distinct Reformed identity through Crespin's martyrology. Exploring Crespin’s martyrology can provide a window into the self-perception of the Reformed church during and around the outbreak of the French Wars of Religion. Thi

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Hussites and Protestant History

Chapter 2: 'What little true light they had’: The Vaudois in history and martyrology

Chapter 3: The Alpine Vaudois in the 1550s and 1560s

Chapter 4: ‘Luther n’est point mort pour moy’: Crespin and Lutheran Martyrs

Chapter 5: The German Peasants' War

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Jameson Tucker is Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Plymouth. His previous publications include 'From Fire to Iron: Martyrs and Massacre victims in Genevan martyrology' in Dying, Death, Burial and Commemoration in Early Modern Europe, edited by Liz Tingle and Jonathan Willis (2015).