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Reformation, Revolution, Renovation: The Roots and Reception of the Rosicrucian Call for General Reform

by Lyke de Vries

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Brill

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At the centre of the Rosicrucian manifestos was a call for 'general reformation'. In Reformation, Revolution, Renovation, the first book-length study of this topic, Lyke de Vries demonstrates the unique position of the Rosicrucian call for reform in the transformative context of the early seventeenth century. The manifestos, commonly interpreted as either Lutheran or esoteric, are here portrayed as revolutionary mission statements which broke dramatically with Luther's reform ideals. Their call for reform instead resembles a variety of late medieval and early modern dissenting traditions as well as the heterodox movement of Paracelsianism. Emphasising the universal character of the Rosicrucian proposal for change, this new genealogy of the core idea sheds fresh light on the vexed question of the manifestos' authorship and helps explain their tumultuous reception by both those who welcomed and those who deplored them.

  • Title

    Reformation, Revolution, Renovation: The Roots and Reception of the Rosicrucian Call for General Reform

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Brill

  • Published

    December 2021

  • Weight

    795g

  • ISBN

    9789004250222

  • ISBN-10

    9004250220

  • Eden Code

    7361008

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