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Epistle to Marguerite de Navarre [electronic resource] ; and, Preface to a sermon by John Calvin / Marie Dentière ; edited and translated by Mary B. McKinley.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Other voice in early modern EuropePublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (xxix, 110 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780226142753 (electronic bk.)
  • 0226142752 (electronic bk.)
  • 0226142787 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780226142784 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226142795 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780226142791 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Uniform titles:
  • Epistle to Marguerite de Navarre. English
Contained works:
  • Dentière, Marie, 1495-1561. Preface to a sermon by John Calvin. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Epistle to Marguerite de Navarre.DDC classification:
  • 284/.2 22
LOC classification:
  • BX9422.3 .D4613 2004eb
Online resources: Summary: 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.
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ელ.რესურსი ელ.რესურსი ეროვნული სამეცნიერო ბიბლიოთეკა 1 272 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

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.

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