Main entry:

Martin, John Jeffries, 1951-

Title & Author:

Venice's hidden enemies : Italian heretics in a Renaissance city / John Martin.

Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993.

Description:

xiv, 287 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Series:

Studies on the history of society and culture ; 16

Notes:
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Harvard University.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-271) and indexes.
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.

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.

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ISBN:

0520077431 (alk. paper)
9780520077430 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Catholic Church. Congregatio Romanae et universalis Inquisitionis.
Christian heresies Italy Venice History 16th century.
Renaissance Italy Venice.
Reformation Italy Venice.
Hérésies chrétiennes Italie Venise Histoire 16e siècle.
Renaissance Italie Venise.
Réforme (Christianisme) Italie Venise.
Christian heresies.
Intellectual life.
Reformation.
Renaissance.
Ketters.
Reformatie.
Hérésies chrétiennes Italie Venise (Italie) Histoire 16e siècle.
Renaissance Italie Venise (Italie)
Réforme Italie Venise (Italie)
Venice (Italy) Church history.
Venice (Italy) Intellectual life.
Venice (Italy) History 1508-1797.
Italy.
Venise (Italie) Histoire 1508-1797.
Italy Venice.
Venise (Italie) 1508-1797.
Venise (Italie) Histoire religieuse.
Heresies History
Venice (Italy)

Form/genre:

Church history.
History.

Added entries:

Studies on the history of society and culture ; 16.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 105164
Call No.: ID BR878.V4.M37; ID:94-B2135
Status: Available