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
1 - The start of the Calvinist network
the journey from Lucca, via Lyon, to Paris
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
Lucca
For a story about the Calvinist network in Reformation Europe to take its beginning in Lucca in Tuscany around the middle of the sixteenth century would strike most people interested in the history of early modern Calvinism as distinctly odd. Even if this was a time when the Reformed religion was still very much in its infancy, or formative phase, in geographical terms neither Italy in general nor Lucca in particular proved to be beacons of early modern Calvinism.
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- Brethren in ChristA Calvinist Network in Reformation Europe, pp. 19 - 64Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011