The radical Reformation and the making of modern Europe : : a lasting heritage / / by Mario Biagioni.

• Superior document: Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, volume 207
• VerfasserIn: Biagioni, Mario,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 207.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 pages).
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In The Radical Reformation and the Making of Modern Europe , Mario Biagioni presents an account of the lives and thoughts of some radical reformers of the sixteenth century (Bernardino Ochino, Francesco Pucci, Fausto Sozzini, and Christian Francken), showing that the Radical Reformation was not merely a subplot of heretical history within the larger narrative of the Magisterial Reformation. Religious radicalism was primarily an extraordinary laboratory of ideas, which played a pivotal role in the rise of modern Europe: it influenced the intellectual process leading to the cultural revolution of the Enlightenment. Secularism, toleration, and rationalism ― three basic principles of Western civilization ― are part of its cultural heritage.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- A Broader Vision of the Radical Reformation: Some Historiographical Remarks -- Travelers of Utopia: The Other Europe of the Italian Exiles religionis causa -- Toleration and Adam’s Immortality: An Example of the Relationship between Locke and the Socinians -- Infinite Mercy and the Infinite Universe: Francesco Pucci and Giordano Bruno -- Christian Francken and the Skepticism of the Sixteenth Century -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index of Names.