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Beschreibung
This groundbreaking book explores the migration of Calvinist refugees in Europe during the Reformation, across a century of persecution, exile and minority existence. Ole Peter Grell follows the fortunes of some of the earliest Reformed merchant families, forced to flee from the Tuscan city of Lucca during the 1560s, through their journey to France during the Wars of Religion to the St Bartholomew Day Massacre and their search for refuge in Sedan. He traces the lives of these interconnected families over three generations as they settled in European cities from Geneva to London, marrying into the diaspora of Reformed merchants. Based on a potent combination of religion, commerce and family networks, these often wealthy merchants and highly skilled craftsmen were amongst the most successful of early modern capitalists. Brethren in Christ shows how this interconnected network, reinforced through marriage and enterprise, forged the backbone of international Calvinism in Reformation Europe.
This groundbreaking book explores the migration of Calvinist refugees in Europe during the Reformation, across a century of persecution, exile and minority existence. Ole Peter Grell follows the fortunes of some of the earliest Reformed merchant families, forced to flee from the Tuscan city of Lucca during the 1560s, through their journey to France during the Wars of Religion to the St Bartholomew Day Massacre and their search for refuge in Sedan. He traces the lives of these interconnected families over three generations as they settled in European cities from Geneva to London, marrying into the diaspora of Reformed merchants. Based on a potent combination of religion, commerce and family networks, these often wealthy merchants and highly skilled craftsmen were amongst the most successful of early modern capitalists. Brethren in Christ shows how this interconnected network, reinforced through marriage and enterprise, forged the backbone of international Calvinism in Reformation Europe.
Über den Autor
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).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781107565180
ISBN-10: 1107565189
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Grell, Ole Peter
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Ole Peter Grell
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.12.2015
Gewicht: 0,494 kg
Artikel-ID: 103844236