Life Writing in Reformation Europe: Lives of Reformers by Friends, Disciples and Foes. By Irena Backus
This scholarly but immensely readable monograph tackles the neglected genre of sixteenth-century biographies of reformers. Rather than attempt a general survey, Backus limits herself to a representative sample of the lives of reformers of various orders of magnitude: Luther, Zwingli, Oecolampadius,...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2010
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2010, Volume: 61, Issue: 2, Pages: 843-845 |
| Review of: | Life writing in Reformation Europe (Aldershot [u.a.] : Ashgate, 2008) (Bagchi, David)
Life writing in Reformation Europe (Aldershot [u.a.] : Ashgate, 2008) (Bagchi, David) |
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| Summary: | This scholarly but immensely readable monograph tackles the neglected genre of sixteenth-century biographies of reformers. Rather than attempt a general survey, Backus limits herself to a representative sample of the lives of reformers of various orders of magnitude: Luther, Zwingli, Oecolampadius, Vadian, Vermigli, Bullinger, Simler, Wolf, Lavater, Pellikan, Calvin, and Beza. Also included, for comparison, are a biography of a Zurich intellectual (Gesner) who was not a religious leader, an autobiography (Pellikan’s), and some examples of reformers’ lives essayed by seventeenth-century figures as diverse as Pierre Bayle and Cardinal Richelieu. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flq125 |