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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807256303321

Autore

Caravale Giorgio

Titolo

The Italian reformation outside Italy : Francesco Pucci's heresy in sixteenth-century Europe / / by Giorgio Caravale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-24492-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Collana

Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, , 0920-8607 ; ; Volume 246

Disciplina

945/.07

Soggetti

Christian heresies - History - 16th century

Reformation

Europe Intellectual life 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 -- Introduction -- 1 Becoming a Heretic in Sixteenth-Century Florence: Francesco Pucci and His Intellectual Education -- 2 Francesco Pucci in France during the First Wars of Religion -- 3 At the Gates of Paris: Henry iv and the Roman Inquisition -- 4 Among Catholics and Calvinists: Francesco Pucci in Late Sixteenth-Century France -- 5 Jean Hotman and French Irenicism -- 6 The Limits of the Kingdom of God -- Epilogue -- Conclusion: An Italian Heresy -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

What was the legacy of the so-called Italian Reformation? What contribution did Italian humanism make to European developments in irenicism and religious tolerance? In The Italian Reformation outside Italy , Giorgio Caravale uses previously unpublished documents to reconstruct the life and intellectual career of Francesco Pucci (1543-1597). Educated in Renaissance Florence, Pucci found his vocation as a prophet in France during the Wars of Religion and embarked on a long period of peregrination, stopping off in Paris, London, Basle, Antwerp, Krakow and Prague before being imprisoned, tried and sentenced to death by the Roman Inquisition three years before Giordano Bruno. His doctrines were judged to be heretical by all religious confessions and his political proposal was a spectacular failure. Caravale presents a rich



chapter of sixteenth-century European history whose main features are religious conflict, irenic tension, universalist aspirations and prophetic expectations. The translation of this work has been funded by SEPS (SEGRETARIATO EUROPEO PER LE PUBBLICAZIONI SCIENTIFICHE), Via Val d'Aposa 7, I-40123 Bologna, Italy — seps@seps.it — www.seps.it