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The Swiss Reformation was a seminal event of the sixteenth century which created a Protestant culture whose influence spread across Europe from Transylvania to Scotland. This study of the Swiss Reformation argues that the movement must be understood in terms of the historical evolution of the Swiss Confederation, its unique and fluid structures, the legacy of the mercenary trade, the distinctive character of Swiss theology, the powerful influence of Renaissance humanism, and, most decisively, the roles played by the dominant figures, Huldrych Zwingli and Heinrich Bullinger. Marked by astounding creative energy, incendiary preaching, burning political passions, peasant revolts, and breath-taking scholarship, as well as by painful divisions, civil war, executions and dashed hopes, the story of the Swiss Reformation is told with extensive use of primary sources. This book explores the narrative of events before turning to consider themes such as the radical opposition, church and community, daily life in the Confederation, cultural achievements and the Swiss place in the wider European Reformation world.
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Review:
"Anyone interested in the Reformation, early modern Europe, or in Switzerland will gain immeasurably from this book."--J.J. Butt, Choice
"A very thoughtful and engaging account of the Swiss Reformation, broad in its perspectives and meticulous in the details of its scholarship." --C. Scott Dixon, The Queen's University of Belfast
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"A very thoughtful and engaging account of the Swiss Reformation, broad in its perspectives and meticulous in the details of its scholarship." --C. Scott Dixon, The Queen's University of Belfast
Bruce Gordon is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of St Andrews and Deputy Director of the St Andrews Reformation Studies Institute
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- PublisherManchester University Press
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0719051177
- ISBN 13 9780719051173
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages392
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