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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Main Author: Bagchi, David (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2010
In: 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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