Moderate Voices in the European Reformation

'Moderation' in Reformation Europe was in short supply. Yet numerous individuals and regimes found themselves forced into positions of moderation as they were caught in the crossfire of confessional debate. Presenting individual case studies and national attempts at conciliation, this collection of essays outlines various approaches towards understanding moderation in Reformation Europe and examines the way moderation was perceived and manipulated in an age of confessional conflict.

Contents: Introduction: Between coercion and persuasion, Luc Racaut and Alec Ryrie; Diplomacy, evangelism and dynastic war: the brothers Du Bellay at the service of Francis I, Alexandra Kess; A diagnosis of religious moderation: Matthew Parker and the 1559 settlement, Louise Campbell; A mini-'colloquy of Poissy' in Brittany: inter-confessional dialogue in Nantes in 1562, Elizabeth Tingle; Immanuel Tremellius and the avoidance of controversy, Kenneth Austin; Cooperation and confessional identity in mid-Tudor England: three Berkshire courtiers, Michael Riordan; National church, state church and universal church: the Gallican dilemma in 16th-century France, Alain Tallon, trans. Luc Racaut; The battle for indifference in Elizabethan England, Ethan H. Shagan; 'Wolves and weathervanes': confessional moderation at the Habsburg court of Vienna, Elaine Fulton; René Benoist: scripture for the catholic masses, Alison Carter; Moderation under duress? Calvinist irenicism in early 17th-century royal Hungary, Graeme Murdock; Conclusion: Moderate voices: mixed messages, Mark Greengrass; Index.