Zwingli's Theocracy / Robert C. Walton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walton, Robert C., author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zwingli, Ulrich, 1484-1531.

Zwingli, Ulrich.

Reformation--Switzerland--Zurich.

Reformation.

Switzerland--Zurich.

Switzerland.

Zurich (Switzerland)--Biography.

Zurich (Switzerland).

Genre:

Biographies.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

With emphasis on the words and actions of Zwingli himself rather than on secondary sources, this close and well-documented study offers an accurate guide to the understanding of Zwingli's thought.

Contents:

The Zurich magistracy and the local church before the Reformation

The influence of mediaeval and humanist traditions upon Zwingli's view of society

Zwingli's thought and work 1510-1520 and the council's mandate

The rejection of the French Alliance and prohibition of mercenary service

The first outbreaks of "radicalism"

The council's policy, the Bishop's commission and Zwingli's sermon

Further opposition: the campaign of the church, the pro-mercenary party, the radicals

Zwingli's positions: late spring and summer, 1522

Zwingli's position: fall, 1522

The results of the first disputation

The open split between Zwingli and the radicals: August 1523 to December 1523

Developments at Zurich subsequent to 1523.

Notes:

"Reprinted in 2018"--Title page verso.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-8491-1

OCLC:

1121056301