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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826659703321

Autore

Elwood Christopher

Titolo

The Body broken : the Calvinist doctrine of the Eucharist and the symbolization of power in sixteenth-century France / / Christopher Elwood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-773839-7

1-280-47066-6

0-19-535292-0

0-585-21178-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 pages)

Collana

Oxford studies in historical theology

Disciplina

234.163

234/.163/088242

Soggetti

Lord's Supper - Reformed Church - History - 16th century

Reformed Church - France - Doctrines - History - 16th century

Calvinism - France - History - 16th century

Power (Social sciences)

Power (Christian theology) - History of doctrines - 16th century

Reformation - France

France Church history 16th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-244) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Immanent Majesty: The Eucharist and the Body of Christ in Late Medieval Society; 2 Heavenly Things in Heaven: The First Wave of French Protestant Propaganda, 1533-1535; 3 Specifying Power: Sacramental Signification in Calvin's Theology of the Eucharist; 4 Seeds of Discord: The Diffusion of the Reformed Doctrine, 1540-1560; 5 The Catholic Riposte: Defenses of the Real Presence at the Beginning of the Religious Wars; 6 The Eucharist, Reformed Social Formation, and the Ideology of Resistance; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This study of controversy over the Eucharist in 16th-century France argues that Calvinist interpretations of the Lord's Supper played a



crucial role in the development of early modern revolutionary politics.