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This study of controversy over the Eucharist in 16th-century France argues that Calvinist interpretations of the Lord's Supper played a crucial role in the development of early modern revolutionary politics.

Title The body broken : the Calvinist doctrine of the Eucharist and the symbolization of power in sixteenth-century France / Christopher Elwood. [electronic resource]
Publisher New York
Oxford University Press
Creation Date 2023
Notes Previously issued in print: 1999.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-244) and index.
English
Content Contents
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Immanent Majesty: The Eucharist and the Body of Christ in Late Medieval Society
2 Heavenly Things in Heaven: The First Wave of French Protestant Propaganda, 1533-1535
3 Specifying Power: Sacramental Signification in Calvin's Theology of the Eucharist
4 Seeds of Discord: The Diffusion of the Reformed Doctrine, 1540-1560
5 The Catholic Riposte: Defenses of the Real Presence at the Beginning of the Religious Wars
6 The Eucharist, Reformed Social Formation, and the Ideology of Resistance
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Series Oxford studies in historical theology.
Oxford scholarship online.
Extent 1 online resource (264 pages)
Language English
National Library system number 997010720244705171
MARC RECORDS
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