The Pulpit and the Press in Reformation Italy

by Emily Michelson

Italian preachers during the Reformation era found themselves in the trenches of a more desperate war than anything they had ever imagined. This war--the splintering of western Christendom into conflicting sects--was physically but also spiritually violent. In an era of tremendous religious convolution, fluidity, and danger, preachers of all kinds spoke from the pulpit daily, weekly, or seasonally to confront the hottest controversies of their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674072979
• ISBN13: 9780674072978
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.2"