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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163122103321

Autore

Biagioni Mario

Titolo

The radical Reformation and the making of modern Europe : a lasting heritage / / by Mario Biagioni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

90-04-33578-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 pages)

Collana

Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, , 1573-4188 ; ; volume 207

Disciplina

274/.06

Soggetti

Radical Reformation

Reformation

Electronic books.

Europe History 1492-

Europe Church history 16th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- A Broader Vision of the Radical Reformation: Some Historiographical Remarks -- Travelers of Utopia: The Other Europe of the Italian Exiles religionis causa -- Toleration and Adam’s Immortality: An Example of the Relationship between Locke and the Socinians -- Infinite Mercy and the Infinite Universe: Francesco Pucci and Giordano Bruno -- Christian Francken and the Skepticism of the Sixteenth Century -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index of Names.

Sommario/riassunto

In The Radical Reformation and the Making of Modern Europe , Mario Biagioni presents an account of the lives and thoughts of some radical reformers of the sixteenth century (Bernardino Ochino, Francesco Pucci, Fausto Sozzini, and Christian Francken), showing that the Radical Reformation was not merely a subplot of heretical history within the larger narrative of the Magisterial Reformation. Religious radicalism was primarily an extraordinary laboratory of ideas, which played a pivotal role in the rise of modern Europe: it influenced the intellectual process leading to the cultural revolution of the Enlightenment. Secularism, toleration, and rationalism ― three basic principles of Western



civilization ― are part of its cultural heritage.