Sixteenth century London played host to the formation of a small but lively Italian Protestant Community, which worshiped at Mercers’ Chapel at Cheapside. By 1598 as the major influx of religious exiles progressively ceased, the Italian reformed Church ceased to exist. After some ten years, the Church reopened in 1609. The sixteenth-century vicissitudes of the Italian Church of London have previously been studied by Luigi Firpo and, more recently, by Owe Boersma and Auke J. Jelsma. The essay discusses the difficult life of this community during the seventeenth century and reconstructs, on the basis of the existing scant evidence, who the ministers of the Church were, what their links with the Church of England were, and attempts to understand who identified themselves as members of this little Protestant Community.
The Italian Protestant Church of London in the Seventeenth Century
VILLANI, STEFANO
2010-01-01
Abstract
Sixteenth century London played host to the formation of a small but lively Italian Protestant Community, which worshiped at Mercers’ Chapel at Cheapside. By 1598 as the major influx of religious exiles progressively ceased, the Italian reformed Church ceased to exist. After some ten years, the Church reopened in 1609. The sixteenth-century vicissitudes of the Italian Church of London have previously been studied by Luigi Firpo and, more recently, by Owe Boersma and Auke J. Jelsma. The essay discusses the difficult life of this community during the seventeenth century and reconstructs, on the basis of the existing scant evidence, who the ministers of the Church were, what their links with the Church of England were, and attempts to understand who identified themselves as members of this little Protestant Community.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
