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The beginning of Reformation after the «History of Italy» of Francesco Guicciardini

Youssim, M. A.
Nachalo Reformatsii po «Istorii Italii» F. Gvichchardini [The beginning of Reformation after the «History of Italy» of Francesco Guicciardini], in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture. 2017. Vol. 3 (2). P. 109–124.

Mark Arkav’evich Youssim, doctor of History, scientific researcher, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Department of the Western European Middle Ages and Early New Age (119334, Moskva, Rossiya, Leninsky Prospekt, 32a)

Language: Russian

In this article the chapters from the «History of Italy» of Francesco Guicciardini dealing with the initial stage of Reformation are considered. The attitude of the Florentine historian and politician toward the appearance of Luther and toward his followers was ambivalent. Just as N. Machiavelli, Guicciardini regarded the observance of religious cult as one of pillars of society and a condition for maintaining moral health in it, but in the matter of faith revealed skepticism. Notwithstanding to his years-long service for the pope Guicciardini is extremely critical in his judgements on the Roman Curia. The propagation of Lutheran doctrine he explains in purely political reasons: weakening of supreme power and a pause in Italian Wars which distracted peoples from corresponding cares. The author of «History of Italy» blames the Pope’s shortsightedness and awkward policy which did not permit to suppress the distress in the bud. The main fault for the diffusion of the heresy he puts on German princes who took advantage of it. Guicciardini, like other figures of the late Renaissance, for example, cardinal G. Contarini, sympathizes with the ideas of renovation expressed by Luther. However, for Italians the universal Catholic Church was at the same time national, that’s why they refused every reform implying rejecting and diminishing the power of Rome.

Key Words: Guicciardini, «History of Italy», Luther, Reformation, Renaissance, papacy, Savonarola, G. Contarini

URL: http://proslogion.ru/32-youssim/

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The funeral sermons of the Electors of the Palatinate in the 1540s – 1570s: the first biographies?

Berezhnaya, N. A.
Nadgrobnye propovedi na smert’ pfal’tsskikh kurfyurstov 1540-kh — 1570-kh gg.: Pervye biografii? [The funeral sermons of the Electors of the Palatinate in the 1540s–1570s: the first biographies?], in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture. 2017. Vol. 3 (2). P. 75–108.

Natal’ya Aleksandrovna Berezhnaya, doctor of History, senior lecturer, Institute of History, St. Petersburg State University (199034, Rossiya, Sankt-Petersburg, Mendeleevskaya liniya, 5)

Language: Russian

The present article examines the funeral sermons on the death of four Palatine electors of the reformation: Louis V (Adam Bartlme (Bartolomäus), 1544), Frederick II (Hieronymus Rauscher, 1556), Otto Henry (Bartholomeus Wolffhart, 1559) and Frederick III (Johannes Schechsius, Daniel Tossanus, 1576). The author analyses the early biographical references and notes on what events in the life of the deceased princes the pastors emphasis, what virtues were considered worthy of nobility. Lutheran and Calvinist theologians, trying to influence the potential audience, described the religious choice of the Palatinate princes depending on the specific religious situation (Augsburg Interim, Peace of Augsburg, assistance to the French Huguenots). Most historians (R. Lenz, K. N. Moore, M. J. Haemig, R. Kolb) believe that biographies of the funeral sermons have individuality only in the middle or the end of the 17th century. The study of noble (M. J. Halvorson) and princely funeral sermons shows that many of individual details were also in the texts in the last quarter of the 16th century. Of great importance was the factor of the private acquaintance of the pastor with the deceased – if they knew each other well, they were coreligionists, the sermon would be more detailed and personal. This belief is well illustrated by the funeral sermon of Daniel Tossanus dedicated to the «father of the Calvinist Reformation» Frederick III: the first time we are dealing not just with religious polemics with occasional references to specific subjects, but with an attempt to create a full portrait of the prince, to tell not only about political events, but also about the youth of Friedrich, his interests, his family.

Key Words: funeral sermon (Leichenpredigt), biography, Reformation, electors of the Palatinate, Louis V, Adam Bartlme (Bartolomäus), Frederick II, Hieronymus Rauscher, Otto Henry, Bartholomeus Wolffhart, Frederick III, Johannes Schechsius, Daniel Tossanus

URL: http://proslogion.ru/32-berejhnaya/

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Reformation and Society: Martin Bucer and Strasbourg

Ronchi, L. Reformation and Society: Martin Bucer and Strasbourg, in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture, 2018. Vol. 4 (1). P. 70–83.

Laura De Michelis Ronchi, associated professor, University of Rome «La Sapienza» (00185, Italy, Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5)

Language: Russian

The City of Strasbourg is the best pattern of the close ties between the reform of the church and the reform of the society. In few years (1523–1548) Strasbourg changed its institutes and its foreign and domestic politics. The city becomes one of the most relevant center of the Reformation and was able to welcome the different expressions of the Reformation. Martin Bucer was the author of that success. He was the man of the dialogue, able to work together with Capitone and Sturm and at the same time with authorities. The outcome was a «joint reformation» which by agreement of theologians, authorities, people made of Strasbourg the city of the refugees: reformed and sectarians (spiritualistes, anabaptistes, antitrinitarians). A peaceful revolution, a spiritual political and social revolution which was able to survive the Interim of Augusta.

Key Words: Johann Sturm, Wolfgang Capitone, magistrates, sectarians, reform, agreement, cooperation, Church discipline, Reformation

URL: http://proslogion.ru/41-ronchi/

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Colloquium Heidelberg und der Dreißigjährige Krieg (17 April 2018)

Berezhnaya, N. A., Lurie, Z. A., Migunova, A. V. Kollokvium «Geydel’berg i Tridtsatiletnyaya voyna» (17 aprelya 2018 g.) [Colloquium Heidelberg und der Dreißigjährige Krieg (17 April 2018)], in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture, 2018. Vol. 4 (1). P. 229–236.

Natalya Aleksandrovna Berezhnaya, doctor of History, senior lecturer, Institute of History, Saint-Petersburg State University (199034, Rossiya, Sankt-Peterburg, Mendeleevskaya liniya, 5)

Zinaida Andreevna Lurie, doctor of History, assistant lecturer, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Saint-Petersburg State University (199034, Rossiya, Sankt-Peterburg, Universitetskaia nab., 7/9)

Anastasia Viktorovna Migunova, graduate student, Institute of History, Saint-Petersburg State University (199034, Rossiya, Sankt-Peterburg, Mendeleevskaya liniya, 5)

Language: Russian

URL: http://proslogion.ru/41-bereghnaya-lurie-migunova/

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International conference «Correspondence and Information Exchange in Diplomacy (1300–1750)». Lisbon, 28–30 September 2017

Erusalimskiy, K. Yu., Shishkin, V. V. Mezhdunarodnaya konferentsiya «Diplomaticheskaya korrespondentsiya i informatsionniy obmen (1300–1750)» Lissabon, 28–30 sentyabrya 2017 [International conference «Correspondence and Information Exchange in Diplomacy (1300–1750)». Lisbon, 28–30 September 2017], in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture, 2018. Vol. 4 (1). P. 223–228.

Konstantin Yur’evich Erusalimskiy, doctor of History, professor, Russian State University for the Humanities (125993, GSP-3, Rossiya, Моskva, Мiusskaya ploshchad’, 6)

Vladimir Vladimirovich Shishkin, doctor of History, assistant professor, Institute of History, Saint-Petersburg State University (199034, Rossiya, Sankt-Peterburg, Mendeleevskaya liniya, 5)

Language: Russian

URL: http://proslogion.ru/41-ierusalimskiy-shishkin/

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The Document of the Period of the Schmalkaldic War (1546–1547) from the Collection of Lamoignon (RGADA)

Gerasimova, E. S. Dokument perioda Schmal’kal’denskoy voyny iz kollektsii Lamuan’ona (RGADA) [The Document of the Period of the Schmalkaldic War (1546–1547) from the Collection of Lamoignon (RGADA)], in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture, 2018. Vol. 4 (1). P. 210–222.

Ekaterina Sergeevna Gerasimova, doctor of History, assistant professor, Chair of Archives at the Institute for History and Archives, Russian State University for the Humanities (109012, Rossiya, Moskva, Nikol’skaya ulitsa, 15)

Language: Russian

The publication presents a list of letters from the collection of Lamoignon reflecting events of the Schmalkaldic War in the Holy Roman Empire in 1546–1547. One of them, written by Sébastien de L’Aubespine to the king of France Francis I in January 1547, represents a valuable testimony on the military-political events around the siege of Leipzig, and reflects the point of view of French diplomacy on the situation in Germany during the Reformation and religious schism. The full text of the autograph is published with a translation into Russian and brief comments.

Key Words: Schmalkaldic War, Lamoignon collection, French Renaissance diplomacy, Duke Moritz of Saxony, Elector Johann Friedrich of Saxony

URL: http://proslogion.ru/41-gerasimova/

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