The Italian reformation outside Italy : Francesco Pucci's heresy in sixteenth-century Europe / by Giorgio Caravale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caravale, Giorgio, author.

Series:

Brill's studies in intellectual history ; Volume 246.

Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, 0920-8607 ; Volume 246

Standardized Title:

Profeta disarmato. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian heresies--History--16th century.

Christian heresies.

Reformation.

Europe--Intellectual life--16th century.

Europe.

Pucci, Francesco, 1543-1597.

Pucci, Francesco.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What was the legacy of the so-called Italian Reformation? What contribution did Italian humanism make to European developments in irenicism and religious tolerance? In The Italian Reformation outside Italy , Giorgio Caravale uses previously unpublished documents to reconstruct the life and intellectual career of Francesco Pucci (1543-1597). Educated in Renaissance Florence, Pucci found his vocation as a prophet in France during the Wars of Religion and embarked on a long period of peregrination, stopping off in Paris, London, Basle, Antwerp, Krakow and Prague before being imprisoned, tried and sentenced to death by the Roman Inquisition three years before Giordano Bruno. His doctrines were judged to be heretical by all religious confessions and his political proposal was a spectacular failure. Caravale presents a rich chapter of sixteenth-century European history whose main features are religious conflict, irenic tension, universalist aspirations and prophetic expectations. The translation of this work has been funded by SEPS (SEGRETARIATO EUROPEO PER LE PUBBLICAZIONI SCIENTIFICHE), Via Val d'Aposa 7, I-40123 Bologna, Italy — seps@seps.it — www.seps.it

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

1 Becoming a Heretic in Sixteenth-Century Florence: Francesco Pucci and His Intellectual Education

2 Francesco Pucci in France during the First Wars of Religion

3 At the Gates of Paris: Henry iv and the Roman Inquisition

4 Among Catholics and Calvinists: Francesco Pucci in Late Sixteenth-Century France

5 Jean Hotman and French Irenicism

6 The Limits of the Kingdom of God

Epilogue

Conclusion: An Italian Heresy

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-24492-1

OCLC:

914339343

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004244924 DOI