History of the Reformation in Italy

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Order of Contents

Pre-Reformation  3
Shorter Histories  4
Larger Histories  4
Special Topics  1
Historical Fiction  2

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Pre-Reformation

Comba, Emilio – History of the Waldenses of Italy, from their Origin to the Reformation  1889  365 pp.

Heraud, John – The Life and Times of Girolamo Savonarola: Illustrating the Progress of the Reformation in Italy during the 15th Century  1843  445 pp.

Rossetti, Gabriele – Disquisitions on the Anti-papal Spirit which Produced the Reformation; its Secret Influence on the Literature of Europe in General and of Italy in Particular, vol. 1, 2  1834

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Shorter Histories

1800’s

Stoughton, John – Footprints of Italian Reformers  1881  310 pp.  Chapters are organized by locations.

Carter, Thomas – History of the Great Reformation in England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, France and Italy  1860  370 pp.

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1900’s

Bisceglia, John – Italy’s Contribution to the Reformation  1928  80 pp.  Presbyterian Committee of Publication

Brown, G.K. – Italy and the Reformation to 1550  Buy  1933

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Larger Histories

1800’s

M’Crie, Thomas – History of the Progress and Suppression of the Reformation in Italy in the 16th Century  Buy  1827  455 pp.

Baird, Robert – Sketches of Protestantism in Italy, Past and Present, including a Notice of the Origin, History and Present State of the Waldenses  1845  425 pp.

R. Baird was the father of Henry M. Baird.  Here is a biography of Robert by Henry.

Young, M. – The Life and Times of Aonio Paleario, or a History of the Italian Reformers in the 16th Century illustrated by Original Letters and Unedited Documents. vol. 1, 2  1860

Paleario (c. 1500–1570) was an Italian reformer.

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1900’s

Church, Frederic – The Italian Reformers, 1534-1564  1932  445 pp.

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Special Topics in the Italian Reformation

Strack, Carl – Renata of Este: a Chapter from the History of the Reformation in France and Italy  1873  255 pp.

Renee d’Este (1510–1574) was the Duchess of Ferrara due to her marriage to Ercole II d’Este, grandson of Pope Alexander VI.  She was the younger surviving child of Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany.  In her later life she became an important supporter of the Protestant Reformation and ally of John Calvin.

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Historical Fiction from the Italian Reformation

Anon. – From Dawn to Dark in Italy: a Tale of the Reformation in the 16th Century  n.d.  380 pp.

Gilbert, William – The Struggle in Farrara: a Story of the Reformation in Italy  1871  145 pp.

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Related Pages

Reformation & Puritan History

Church History

Historical Theology