Nicodemites: faith and concealment between Italy and Tudor England
In Nicodemites: Faith and Concealment Between Italy and Tudor England, Anne Overell examines a rarely glimpsed aspect of sixteenth-century religious strife: the thinkers, clerics and rulers who concealed their faith. This work goes beyond recent scholarly interest in conformity to probe inward dilem...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2019]
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| En: | Año: 2019 |
| Colección / Revista: | St Andrews studies in reformation history
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| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Nicodemitas
/ Großbritannien
/ Italia
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| Otras palabras clave: | B
Religious Tolerance (Italy)
History 16th century
B Großbritannien B Nicodemitas B Religious Tolerance B England B Catholic Church B Interfaith Relations B History B Italia B Protestant Churches Relations Catholic Church B Protestant Churches B Catholic Church Relations Protestant churches B Italy B Religious Tolerance (England) History 16th century B Early works B Nicodemites |
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| Sumario: | In Nicodemites: Faith and Concealment Between Italy and Tudor England, Anne Overell examines a rarely glimpsed aspect of sixteenth-century religious strife: the thinkers, clerics and rulers who concealed their faith. This work goes beyond recent scholarly interest in conformity to probe inward dilemmas and the spiritual and cultural meanings of pretence. Among the dissimulators who appear here are Cardinal Reginald Pole and his circle in Italy and in England, and also John Cheke and William Cecil. Although Protestant and Catholic polemicists condemned all Nicodemites, most of them survived reformation violence, while their habits of silence and secrecy became influential. This study concludes that widespread evasion about religious belief contributed to the erratic development of toleration |
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| Notas: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 239-272 |
| Descripción Física: | XII, 280 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-33166-2 90-04-33166-2 |
