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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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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