Epistle to Marguerite de Navarre: and, Preface to a sermon by John Calvin
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1. Verfasser: Dentière, Marie (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2004
Schriftenreihe:Other voice in early modern Europe
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-105) and index
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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ISBN:0226142752
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