King's Sister Queen of Dissent: Marguerite of Navarre (1492-1549) and her Evangelical Network (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions) 2 volume set

This Study Reconstructs For The First Time Marguerite Of Navarre's Leadership Of A Broad Circle Of Nobles, Prelates, Humanist Authors, And Commoners, Who Sought To Advance The Reform Of The French Church Along Evangelical (protestant) Lines. Hitherto Misunderstood In Scholarship, They Are Revealed To Have Pursued, Despite Persecution, A Consistent Reform Program From The Meaux Experiment To The End Of Francis I's Reign Through A Variety Of Means: Fostering Local Church Reform, Publishing A Large Corpus Of Religious Literature, High-profile Public Preaching, And Attempting To Shape The Direction Of Royal Policy. Their Distinctive Doctrines, Relations With Major Reformers - Including Their Erstwhile Colleague Calvin - Involvement In Major Reformation Events, And The Impact Of Their Unsuccessful Attempt Are All Explored.--publisher's Website. The Early Reformation In France -- Mapping The Navarrian Network -- The Valois Trinity Takes Power: New Regime And Church Reform, 1515-1521 -- The Fabrist Background To The Navarrian Network -- The Meaux Experiment I: From Clerical Reform To Evangelical Renewal, 1518-1523 -- The Meaux Experiment Ii: Model For National Reform, 1521-1523 -- From Meaux To Madrid: The Network Knits Together, 1524-1526 -- Resurrecting King And Reform, 1525-1530 -- Legitimating The Evangelical Movement, 1531-1539 -- The 'sons Of Apollo' In The Service Of Christ -- Evangelical Diplomacy And Religious Dissimulation, 1540-1549. By Jonathan A. Reid. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [723]-769) And Index. Books Related To The Navarrian Network: P. [641]-722. This study establishes the existence of a network of reformers led by the French king’s sister, Marguerite of Navarre, and traces their monumental, and ultimately stymied, attempt from 1520 to 1550 to renew the French church along evangelical (Protestant) lines.