Venice's Hidden Enemies : Italian Heretics in a Renaissance City / John Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, John, 1595 or 1596-1659, author.

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

Studies on the history of society and culture ; Volume 16.

Studies on the history of society and culture ; 16

Studies on the History of Society and Culture Series ; Volume 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian heresies--Italy--Venice--History--16th century.

Christian heresies.

Renaissance--Italy--Venice.

Renaissance.

Reformation--Italy--Venice.

Reformation.

Venice (Italy)--Church history.

Venice (Italy).

Venice (Italy)--Intellectual life.

Venice (Italy)--History--1508-1797.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 287 p. ) ill., map ;

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1993]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How could early modern Venice, a city renowned for its political freedom and social harmony, also have become a center of religious dissent and inquisitorial repression? To answer this question, John Martin develops an innovative approach that deftly connects social and cultural history. The result is a profoundly important contribution to Renaissance and Reformation studies. Martin offers a vivid re-creation of the social and cultural worlds of the Venetian heretics--those men and women who articulated their hopes for religious and political reform and whose ideologies ranged from evangelical to anabaptist and even millenarian positions. In exploring the connections between religious beliefs and social experience, he weaves a rich tapestry of Renaissance urban life that is sure to intrigue all those involved in anthropological, religious, and historical studies--students and scholars alike.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Introduction: Salvation and Society in Sixteenth- Century Venice

1. A Republic Between Renaissance and Reform

2. The Coming of the Inquisition

3. Evangelism and the Emergence of Popular Reform

4. The Humanity of Christ and the Hope for the Messiah

5. Hiding

6. The Place of Heresy in a Hierarchical Society

7. The Turn of the Screw

8. Two Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Epilogue: The Final Executions

Appendix: A Note on the Quantitative Study of the Inquisition

Sources and Bibliography: Heresy and Reform in Sixteenth-Century Italy

General Index

Index of Secondary Authors

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-271) and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520912335

0520912330

9780585079066

0585079064

OCLC:

1163878461