The Correspondence of Zwingli and Oecolampadius

Translated and introduced by Nigel Harris and Sharon van Dijk
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-53790-3
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers

Buch, Englisch, Band 248/17, 466 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 943 g

Reihe: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions / Texts and Sources

The 183 letters which Huldrych Zwingli and Johannes Oecolampadius exchanged between 1522 and 1531 are a major resource for students of the Swiss Reformation. They have, however, been largely neglected because they have hitherto been available only in the original Latin. This volume translates them all into modern English, along with explanatory notes and a substantial introduction. The book as a whole proposes and initiates a significant re-assessment of several aspects of early Reformation history, such as the extent of Oecolampadius’s contribution, the precise nature of his relationship with Zwingli, and the strong connections that existed between the reformers of Zürich, Basel and Strasbourg.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harris, Nigel W.

van Dijk, Sharon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: Imbalances and Initiatives

Acknowledgements

Major Figures in the Letters

Introduction

1 Zwingli and Zürich

2 Oecolampadius and Basel

3 Zwingli and Oecolampadius

4 Zwingli, Oecolampadius and Strasbourg

5 Zwingli, Oecolampadius and the Wider World

6 Zwingli, Oecolampadius and Letter-Writing

7 Manuscripts and Editions

8 Translation, Then and Now

The Letters

Bibliography

Index of Personal Names (of Early Modern Figures)

Index of Place Names (Contemporary Swiss and Others)

Index of Personal and Place Names (Antiquity and Middle Ages)

Index of Bible References

Über Autor(innen)

Nigel Harris is Professor of German at the University of Birmingham. He has published numerous editions, studies and translations of late-medieval and sixteenth-century texts, including the 'Concilium' and 'Rychsztag' of the Zwinglian poet Utz Eckstein (2013, with Joel Love).

Sharon van Dijk is Collection and Information Specialist in Special Collections at the University of Groningen Library. Her PhD thesis (UCL, 2021) is the first complete study of the nine Latin eclogues of Giles Fletcher the Elder (1546–1611).