The Swiss Reformation

Informationen zum Autor Bruce Gordon is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of St Andrews and Deputy Director of the St Andrews Reformation Studies Institute Klappentext 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. Offers the first comprehensive study of the Swiss Reformation and 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. 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. Zusammenfassung In this comprehensive study of the Swiss Reformation! Gordon examines the event in the context of the history of the Swiss Federation. The Reformation is presented as a narrative of events followed by an examination of various key themes surrounding the event. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of contentsTable of maps AcknowledgementsAbbreviations Introduction1. Peasants, priests and soldiers: The Swiss Confederation in the Late Middle Ages2. Zwingli and Zurich3. The spread of the Reformation4. War and disaster 1529-15345. Consolidation and turmoil 1534-15666. The radical challenge7. Church building8. Church and society9. International Zwinglianism10. Culture of the Swiss ReformationChronologyPrincipal figures Further readingIndex...

Autorentext
Bruce Gordon is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of St Andrews and Deputy Director of the St Andrews Reformation Studies Institute

Klappentext

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. Offers the first comprehensive study of the Swiss Reformation and 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. 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.

Zusammenfassung
In this comprehensive study of the Swiss Reformation, Gordon examines the event in the context of the history of the Swiss Federation. The Reformation is presented as a narrative of events followed by an examination of various key themes surrounding the event.

Inhalt

Table of contents Table of maps Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. Peasants, priests and soldiers: The Swiss Confederation in the Late Middle Ages 2. Zwingli and Zurich 3. The spread of the Reformation 4. War and disaster 1529-1534 5. Consolidation and turmoil 1534-1566 6. The radical challenge 7. Church building 8. Church and society 9. International Zwinglianism 10. Culture of the Swiss Reformation Chronology Principal figures Further reading Index