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

• Autore: Elwood Christopher
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 pages)
• Disciplina: 234.163; 234/.163/088242
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: France Church history 16th century
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The body broken
• ISBN: 0-19-773839-7; 1-280-47066-6; 0-19-535292-0; 0-585-21178-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826659703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford studies in historical theology.