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
4 - The collections for Calvinist exiles in England, Scotland and Ireland
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
The royal collections in England for the Calvinist refugees from the two Palatinates undoubtedly proved the most significant both in terms of scale, duration and sums collected. Together with the collections conducted in Scotland and Ireland, which generated considerably less, they were the only national collections organised for the exiles.
The collections in England struck a chord with English Puritans in particular, as a cause close to their hearts. On its own, the experience of the Marian exile in the mid sixteenth century, which had seen most leading English Protestants seek refuge on the continent, would have guaranteed that this cause would have found resonance among English Protestants, not least because these exiles had returned home on Elizabeth’s accession to play a prominent role in the English Church, giving it a distinctly Reformed flavour in accordance with what they had encountered, not only in Geneva and Zurich, but also in southern Germany.
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- Brethren in ChristA Calvinist Network in Reformation Europe, pp. 178 - 228Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011