1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456785303321

Autore

Dodds Gregory D.

Titolo

Exploiting Erasmus : the Erasmian legacy and religious change in early modern England / / Gregory D. Dodds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

1-4426-8805-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (426 p.)

Collana

Erasmus studies

Disciplina

199/.492

Soggetti

Religious thought - England - 16th century

Religious thought - England - 17th century

Electronic books.

England Intellectual life 16th century

England Intellectual life 17th century

England Church history 16th century

England Church history 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- ONE. The Englishing of the Paraphrases -- TWO. Theology and Rhetoric in the English Paraphrases -- THREE. Transmitting Erasmus in Elizabethan England -- FOUR. The Erasmian Perspective in the Elizabethan Church -- FIVE. The Malleable Erasmus, 1603-1649 -- SIX. Constructing the Moderate Middle in Early Stuart England -- SEVEN. Erasmian Rhetoric and Religious War -- EIGHT. The Erasmian Legacy to 1689 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Desiderius Erasmus' humanist works were influential throughout Europe, in various areas of thought including theology, education, philology, and political theory. Exploiting Erasmus examines the legacy of Erasmus in England from the mid-sixteenth century to the overthrow of James II in 1688 and studies the various ways in which his works were received, manipulated, and used in religious controversies that threatened both church and state. In viewing movements and events



such as the rise of anti-Calvinism, the religious politics leading to the English civil war, and the emergence of the Latitudinarians during the Restoration, Gregory D. Dodds provides a fascinating account not only of the reception and effects of Erasmus' works, but also of the early history of English Protestantism. Exploiting Erasmus offers a critical new angle for rethinking the theology and rhetoric of the time. It is a remarkable study of Erasmus' influence on issues of conformity, tolerance, war, and peace.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458014303321

Autore

Van Dam Raymond

Titolo

Saints and their miracles in late antique Gaul [[electronic resource] /] / Raymond Van Dam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c1993

ISBN

1-4008-1931-8

1-283-57873-5

9786613891181

1-4008-2114-2

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (362 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FortunatusVenantius Honorius Clementianus <ca. 540-ca. 600.>

Gregory, Saint, Bishop of Tours,  <538-594.>

Disciplina

235/.2/094409021

Soggetti

Christian saints - Cult - France - History

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - France - Tours - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes English translations of selections from Fortunatus and Gregory of Tours.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-334) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part I. -- CHAPTER ONE. Different Saints, Different Cults -- CHAPTER TWO. Gregory of Tours and His Patron Saints -- CHAPTER THREE. Bodily Miracles -- CHAPTER FOUR. Pilgrimages and Miracle Stories -- EPILOGUE -- Part II: Translations -- Fortunatus -- Gregory of Tours -- Gregory of Tours -- EDITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS



-- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- MAP -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Saints' cults, with their focus on miraculous healings and pilgrimages, were not only a distinctive feature of Christian religion in fifth-and sixth-century Gaul but also a vital force in political and social life. Here Raymond Van Dam uses accounts of miracles performed by SS. Martin, Julian, and Hilary to provide a vivid and comprehensive depiction of some of the most influential saints' cults. Viewed within the context of ongoing tensions between paganism and Christianity and between Frankish kings and bishops, these cults tell much about the struggle for authority, the forming of communities, and the concept of sin and redemption in late Roman Gaul. Van Dam begins by describing the origins of the three cults, and discusses the career of Bishop Gregory of Tours, who benefited from the support of various patron saints and in turn promoted their cults. He then treats the political and religious dimensions of healing miracles--including their relation to Catholic theology and their use by bishops to challenge royal authority--and of pilgrimages to saints' shrines. The miracle stories, collected mainly by Gregory of Tours, appear in their first complete English translations.