Carlos Eire, Eire Carlos M. N.

War Against the Idols

The Reformation of Worship from Erasmus to Calvin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the second decade of the sixteenth century medieval piety suddenly began to be attacked in some places as "idolatry," or false religion. This study calls attention to the importance of the idolatry issue during the Reformation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 547g
• ISBN-13: 9780521379847
• ISBN-10: 0521379849
• Artikelnr.: 22368187

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The state of lay devotion in the late middle ages
2. Erasmus as critic of late medieval piety
3. Early reformers and the question of idolatry
4. Iconoclasm, revolution, and the reformation in Switzerland and Geneva, 1527-1536
5. Humanism and reform in France: the seeds of calvinism
6. John Calvin's attack on idolatry
7. Calvin against the nicodemites
8. From iconoclasm to revolution: the political dimensions of the war against idolatry
Conclusion
Index.