Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Maps
- Figures
- Preface
- Members of the Calandrini, Burlamachi and Diodati families
- Introduction
- 1 The start of the Calvinist network
- 2 A European network takes shape
- 3 The Calvinist network and the Thirty Years War
- 4 The collections for Calvinist exiles in England, Scotland and Ireland
- 5 The collections for Calvinist exiles in the Dutch Republic, Switzerland and France
- 6 The benevolence of wealthy, individual ‘Brethren in Christ’
- Epilogue
- Index
- References
3 - The Calvinist network and the Thirty Years War
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Maps
- Figures
- Preface
- Members of the Calandrini, Burlamachi and Diodati families
- Introduction
- 1 The start of the Calvinist network
- 2 A European network takes shape
- 3 The Calvinist network and the Thirty Years War
- 4 The collections for Calvinist exiles in England, Scotland and Ireland
- 5 The collections for Calvinist exiles in the Dutch Republic, Switzerland and France
- 6 The benevolence of wealthy, individual ‘Brethren in Christ’
- Epilogue
- Index
- References
Summary
By the beginning of the seventeenth century the Calvinist network, of which the Calandrinis, Burlamachis and Diodatis formed such a prominent part, was at its most extensive. Wealthy Reformed merchants resided in most of the prominent commercial cities in north-western Europe where foreign Reformed churches were permitted to establish themselves or where Calvinists were offered some degree of toleration. Through a series of individual and mass emigrations often involving two generations of the same families, Calvinism had established itself as a truly ‘transnational’, European faith.
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- Brethren in ChristA Calvinist Network in Reformation Europe, pp. 127 - 177Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011