Venice's Hidden Enemies: Italian Heretics in a Renaissance City Volume 16 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780520077430)

How could early modern Venice, a city renowned for its political freedom and social harmony, also have become a center of religious dissent and inquisitorial repression? To answer this question, John Martin develops an innovative approach that deftly connects social and cultural history. The result is a profoundly important contribution to Renaissance and Reformation studies.

Martin offers a vivid re-creation of the social and cultural worlds of the Venetian heretics--those men and women who articulated their hopes for religious and political reform and whose ideologies ranged from evangelical to anabaptist and even millenarian positions. In exploring the connections between religious beliefs and social experience, he weaves a rich tapestry of Renaissance urban life that is sure to intrigue all those involved in anthropological, religious, and historical studies--students and scholars alike.

Author: John Martin
ISBN-10: 0520077431
ISBN-13: 9780520077430
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 07/27/1993
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.39lbs
Size: 9.35h x 6.30w x 1.09d