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King’s sister, queen of dissent: Marguerite of Navarre (1492-1549) and her evangelical network

November 7, 2014 By Medievalists.net

Marguerite de Navarre - Statue of Marguerite of Angoulême, in the gardens of the city hall of Angoulême

This study reconstructs the previously unknown history of the most important dissident group within France before the French Reformed Church formed during the 1550s.

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Does a Reformation End?: Rethinking Religious Simulation in Sixteenth-Century Italy

October 21, 2014 By Medievalists.net

A paper examining the Italian Reformation.

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The Doctrine of Active Resistance in the Sixteenth Century

November 18, 2012 By Medievalists.net

This article will explore the late medieval sources and the sixteenth century context of Continental Reformation theologians’ response to that agony of conscience.

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An Introduction to Olympia Morata, a Forgotten, Feminist Voice from Sixteenth Century Italy

September 8, 2011 By Medievalists.net

An Introduction to Olympia Morata, a Forgotten, Feminist Voice from Sixteenth Century Italy Webb, Val (Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN) Sea Changes, Vol.1 (2001) Abstract I met Olympia Morata in the British Library while searching for women lost from history. My search word ‘heroine’ uncovered an 1864 inspirational collection Heroines of the Household. Olympia was the […]

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The Alphabetum catholicorum of Arnaldus of Villanova, an edition and study

August 24, 2011 By Medievalists.net

The Alphabetum catholicorum of Arnaldus of Villanova, an edition and study Burnam, Hope Lampert (university of Toronto) PhD Thesis, University of Toronto (1996) Abstract On the title page to the 1553 edition of his catechism, John Calvin defined a catechism as “a formulary for instructing children in Christianity set as a dialogue.” Although catechisms have […]