Kenneth R G Austin

Following Zwingli: Applying the Past in Reformation Zurich ed. by Luca Baschera, Bruce Gordon, and Christian Moser (review)

of five Protestant clergyman. Three served rural parishes; the other two were based in London. The Paris-born Jean Loiseau de Tourval came to London in 1603. He spied for King James I, was a friend of John Donne (who presented him with a rich living in the City of London), and became well established in London literary circles. The books of the radical Protestant Hanserd Knollys, a member of the Particular Baptists, were confiscated in 1639. It is the inventory drawn up on this occasion that is published here.

Faith, friendship and learning: intercultural communication in the Republic of Letters

Abstract This article uses the renowned antiquarian Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580–1637) as a case study to examine the intellectual and religious culture of the early seventeenth century. In particular, using his extensive correspondence, it investigates the manner in which the exchange of letters could be used to reinforce the identity of one confession (Catholicism), while at the same time facilitating dialogue between individuals of different confessions, faiths and cultures. It also examines the extent to which material gifts and hospitality, offered regardless of the recipients faith, served to reinforce such relationships in the emerging Republic of Letters.