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Dentière, Marie, 1495-1561.

Epistle to Marguerite de Navarre and, Preface to a sermon by John Calvin / [electronic resource] ; Marie Dentière ; edited and translated by Mary B. McKinley. - University of Chicago Press, 2004. - 1 online resource (xxix, 110 p.) - Other voice in early modern Europe . - Other voice in early modern Europe. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-105) and index.

Born to a noble family in Tournai, Marie Dentière (1495-1561) left her convent in the 1520s to work for religious reform. She married a former priest and with her husband went to Switzerland, where she was active in the Reformation's takeover of Geneva. Dentière's Very Useful Epistle (1539) is the first explicit statement of reformed theology by a woman to appear in French. Addressed to Queen Marguerite of Navarre, sister of the French king Francis I, the Epistle asks the queen to help those persecuted for their religious beliefs. Dentière offers a stirring defense of women and asserts their r.

ISBN: 9780226142753 (electronic bk.) 0226142752 (electronic bk.) 0226142787 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226142784 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226142795 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780226142791 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Catholic Church--Controversial literature.
Catholic Church.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Reformed Church--Apologetic works.
Women's clothing--Biblical teaching.
Women--Biblical teaching.
Reformed Church.
Electronic books.
RELIGION--Christianity--Calvinist.
Reformatie.

Subjects--Index Terms: რელიგია-- კათოლიკური ეკლესია

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BX9422.3 / .D4613 2004eb

Dewey Class. No.: 284/.2

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 272