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Epistle to Marguerite de Navarre ; and, Preface to a sermon by John Calvin /
Born to a noble family in Tournai, Marie Dentière (1495-1561) left her convent in the 1520s to work for religious reform. She married a former priest and with her husband went to Switzerland, where she was active in the Reformation's takeover of Geneva. Dentière's Very Useful Epistle (15...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2004.
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| Colección: | Other voice in early modern Europe.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Born to a noble family in Tournai, Marie Dentière (1495-1561) left her convent in the 1520s to work for religious reform. She married a former priest and with her husband went to Switzerland, where she was active in the Reformation's takeover of Geneva. Dentière's Very Useful Epistle (1539) is the first explicit statement of reformed theology by a woman to appear in French. Addressed to Queen Marguerite of Navarre, sister of the French king Francis I, the Epistle asks the queen to help those persecuted for their religious beliefs. Dentière offers a stirring defense of women and asserts their r. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxix, 110 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-105) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226142753 0226142752 0226142787 9780226142784 0226142795 9780226142791 |