Reform before the Reformation : : Vincenzo Querini and the religious Renaissance in Italy / / by Stephen D. Bowd.

• Superior document: Studies in medieval and Reformation thought ; Volume 87
• VerfasserIn: Bowd, Stephen D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston ;, Koln : : Brill,, [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in medieval and Reformation thought ; Volume 87.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

An important aspect of the Italian Renaissance was church reform. This book examines the nature of that reform - especially in Venice, Florence and Rome - as viewed through the unpublished manuscripts of a Venetian nobleman who became a Camaldolese hermit: Vincenzo Querini (1478-1514). This book set...

Table of Contents

• Preface and Acknowledgements
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1. The Contemplative in Action
• 2. Personal Reform: How to Be a Renaissance Hermit
• 3. Monastic Reform
• 4. Reform by Council
• 5. Reform by the Word and by the Sword
• 6. Prophecy and Reform
• 7. Catholicism and Reform
• Conclusion
• Appendix
• Bibliography
• Index.