Title Venice's hidden enemies : Italian heretics in a Renaissance city / John Martin

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993

Click on the following:
ACLS Humanities E-Book
EBSCO eBooks

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xiv, 287 pages) : illustrations, map Series Studies on the history of society and culture ; 16 Studies on the history of society and culture ; 16. Contents Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Salvation and Society in Sixteenth- Century Venice -- 1. A Republic Between Renaissance and Reform -- 2. The Coming of the Inquisition -- 3. Evangelism and the Emergence of Popular Reform -- 4. The Humanity of Christ and the Hope for the Messiah -- 5. Hiding -- 6. The Place of Heresy in a Hierarchical Society -- 7. The Turn of the Screw -- 8. Two Horsemen of the Apocalypse -- Epilogue: The Final Executions -- Appendix: A Note on the Quantitative Study of the Inquisition -- Sources and Bibliography: Heresy and Reform in Sixteenth-Century Italy -- General Index -- Index of Secondary Authors Summary How could early modern Venice, a city renowned for its political freedom and social harmony, also have become a center of religious dissent and inquisitorial repression? To answer this question, John Martin develops an innovative approach that deftly connects social and cultural history. The result is a profoundly important contribution to Renaissance and Reformation studies. Martin offers a vivid re-creation of the social and cultural worlds of the Venetian heretics--those men and women who articulated their hopes for religious and political reform and whose ideologies ranged from evangelical to anabaptist and even millenarian positions. In exploring the connections between religious beliefs and social experience, he weaves a rich tapestry of Renaissance urban life that is sure to intrigue all those involved in anthropological, religious, and historical studies--students and scholars alike Analysis Heresies History Venice (Italy) Notes Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Harvard University Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-271) and indexes Notes English Print version record Subject Christian heresies -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 16th century Renaissance -- Italy -- Venice Reformation -- Italy -- Venice RELIGION -- History. HISTORY / Europe / General Christian heresies Intellectual life Reformation Renaissance SUBJECT Venice (Italy) -- Church history Venice (Italy) -- Intellectual life Venice (Italy) -- History -- 1508-1797. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85142724 Subject Italy -- Venice Genre/Form Church history History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780520912335 0520912330 0585079064 9780585079066 9780520077430 0520077431

  Permalink