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Italian Reform and English Reformations, c.1535-c.1585 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Italian Reform and English Reformations, c.1535-c.1585 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700
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This is the first full-scale study of interactions between Italy's
religious reform and English reformations, which were notoriously
liable to pick up other people's ideas. The book is of fundamental
importance for those whose work includes revisionist themes of
ambiguity, opportunism and interdependence in sixteenth century
religious change. Anne Overell adopts an inclusive approach,
retaining within the group of Italian reformers those spirituali
who left the church and those who remained within it, and exploring
commitment to reform, whether 'humanist', 'protestant' or
'catholic'. In 1547, when the internationalist Archbishop Thomas
Cranmer invited foreigners to foster a bolder reformation, the
Italians Peter Martyr Vermigli and Bernardino Ochino were the first
to arrive in England. The generosity with which they were received
caused comment all over Europe: handsome travel expenses,
prestigious jobs, congregations which included the great and the
good. This was an entry con brio, but the book also casts new light
on our understanding of Marian reformation, led by Cardinal
Reginald Pole, English by birth but once prominent among Italy's
spirituali. When Pole arrived to take his native country back to
papal allegiance, he brought with him like-minded men and Italian
reform continued to be woven into English history. As the tables
turned again at the accession of Elizabeth I, there was further
clamour to 'bring back Italians'. Yet Elizabethans had grown
cautious and the book's later chapters analyse the reasons why,
offering scholars a new perspective on tensions between national
and international reformations. Exploring a nexus of contacts in
England and in Italy, Anne Overell presents an intriguing
connection, sealed by the sufferings of exile and always tempered
by political constraints. Here, for the first time, Italian reform
is shown as an enduring part of the Elect Nation's literature and
myth.
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