King's Sister - Queen of Dissent: Marguerite of Navarre (1492-1549) and Her Evangelical Network (Set 2 Volumes) - Reid, Jonathan
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This study reconstructs for the first time Marguerite of Navarrea (TM)s leadership of a broad circle of nobles, prelates, humanist authors, and commoners, who sought to advance the reform of the French church along evangelical (Protestant) lines. Hitherto misunderstood in scholarship, they are revealed to have pursued, despite persecution, a consistent reform program from the Meaux experiment to the end of Francis Ia (TM)s reign through a variety of means: fostering local church reform, publishing a large corpus of religious literature, high-profile public preaching, and attempting to shape…mehr

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This study reconstructs for the first time Marguerite of Navarrea (TM)s leadership of a broad circle of nobles, prelates, humanist authors, and commoners, who sought to advance the reform of the French church along evangelical (Protestant) lines. Hitherto misunderstood in scholarship, they are revealed to have pursued, despite persecution, a consistent reform program from the Meaux experiment to the end of Francis Ia (TM)s reign through a variety of means: fostering local church reform, publishing a large corpus of religious literature, high-profile public preaching, and attempting to shape the direction royal policy. Their distinctive doctrines, relations with major reformers a " including their erstwhile colleague Calvin a " involvement in major Reformation events, and the impact of their unsuccessful attempt are all explored.
Autorenporträt
Jonathan A. Reid, Ph.D. (2001), in History, University of Arizona, is Associate Professor of History at East Carolina University. He is a former Research Fellow on the Sixteenth Century French Vernacular Book Project, University of St. Andrews.