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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784736803321

Autore

Dentière Marie <1495-1561.>

Titolo

Epistle to Marguerite de Navarre [[electronic resource] ] : and, Preface to a sermon by John Calvin / / Marie Dentière ; edited and translated by Mary B. McKinley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2004

ISBN

1-281-12545-8

9786611125455

0-226-14275-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (142 p.)

Collana

The other voice in early modern Europe

Altri autori (Persone)

McKinleyMary B

DentièreMarie <1495-1561.>

Disciplina

284/.2

Soggetti

Reformed Church

Women's clothing - Biblical teaching

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 (p. 95-105) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- THE OTHER VOICE IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE: INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES -- VOLUME EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION -- VOLUME EDITOR'S BIBLIOGRAPHY -- A VERY USEFUL EPISTLE -- SERMON OF M. JOHN CALVIN -- SERIES EDITOR'S BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Born to a noble family in Tournai, Marie Dentière (1495-1561) left her convent in the 1520's to work for religious reform. She married a former priest and with her husband went to Switzerland, where she was active in the Reformation's takeover of Geneva. Dentière's Very Useful Epistle (1539) is the first explicit statement of reformed theology by a woman to appear in French. Addressed to Queen Marguerite of Navarre, sister of the French king Francis I, the Epistle asks the queen to help those persecuted for their religious beliefs. Dentière offers a stirring defense of women and asserts their right to teach the word of God in public. She defends John Calvin against his enemies and attacks the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church. Her Preface (1561) to one of Calvin's sermons criticizes immodesty and extravagance in clothing and warns the faithful to be vigilant. Undaunted in the face of suppression



and ridicule, this outspoken woman persisted as an active voice in the Reformation.