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academic religious studies
Author_Bruce Gordon
Author_Hans R. Guggisberg
Basilius Amerbach
Basle Church
Bonifacius Amerbach
Castellio's Works
Castellio’s Works
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Celio Secundo Curione
Charles III
De Haereticis
Donum Dei
early modern Europe
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Fausto Sozzini
Felix Platter
Francisco De Enzinas
Genevan Reformer
heresy debates
history of religious toleration
Hugo Grotius
Jean Bauhin
Jean De Tournes
Johannes Oporinus
Large Family
Lelio Sozzini
Melanchthon's Letter
Melanchthon’s Letter
Nicolas Bourbon
Pays De Vaud
Protestant theology
Reformation history
religious dissent
Sebastian Castellio
Sibyllina Oracula
Stratagemata Satanae
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780754630197
- Weight: 589g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 07 Apr 2003
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Sebastian Castellio, linguist, humanist and religious reformer, is one of the most remarkable figures of the Reformation. Attracted by Calvin's reforms, Castellio moved to Geneva in the 1540s, where he wrote his influential work on educational reform. Ironically, it was Castellio's work as a scholar in Geneva, which was to lead to his falling out with Calvin, and ultimately his forced departure from Geneva and his resettlement in Basle. Exiled from Geneva, Castellio soon attracted a circle of like-minded reformers who opposed the intolerant attitude of Calvin, exemplified by the execution of the heretical Michael Servetus. It is Castellio's residence in Basle, where he developed his 'liberal' humanist approach to religious toleration in opposition to Calvin's dogmatic othodoxy, which forms the core of this study. It explores what toleration meant and how both sides argued their case. Much attention is paid to Castellio's most important work 'On Heretics', in which he argues against the execution of those who err in the faith. By telling the fascinating tale of Castellio's life, this work illuminates the furious debate which he unleashed and how it marked a crucial stage in the development of Protestant thought.
Hans R. Guggisberg, Bruce Gordon
