Ole Peter Grell (Milton Keynes The Open University)

Brethren in Christ

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This groundbreaking book explores the migration of Calvinist refugees in Reformation Europe during a century of persecution, exile and minority existence. It traces the lives of some of the earliest Reformed merchant families as they forged the backbone of international Calvinism through a potent combination of marriage and enterprise.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9781107565180
• ISBN-10: 1107565189
• Artikelnr.: 44886412

Autorenporträt

Ole Peter Grell is Reader in History at the Open University. His previous publications include The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (as co-author, Cambridge, 2000) and The Impact of the European Reformation: Princes, Clergy and People (as co-editor, 2008).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The start of the Calvinist network: the journey from Lucca, via Lyon, to Paris
2. A European network takes shape
3. The Calvinist network and the Thirty Years War
4. The collections for Calvinist exiles in England, Scotland and Ireland
5. The collections for Calvinist exiles in the Dutch Republic, Switzerland, and France
6. The benevolence of wealthy, individual 'Brethren in Christ'
Epilogue.