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Clément Marot, a Renaissance Poet Discovers the Gospel: Lutheranism, Fabrism and Calvinism in the Royal Courts of France and of Navarre and in the Ducal Court of Ferrara
Series: - Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, Volume: 54
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Clément Marot (1496-1544), a poet of distinction, is a unique witness to the effect of the Bible on French-speaking courts. He was admired by Francis I, protected by Margaret of Navarre, and by Renée, the French Duchess of Ferrara. His translations of the psalms came to dominate Huguenot worship, inspiring many imitators, not least in English. His commitment to Lutheran theology shines through his personal poetryâonce his Scriptural allusions are recognised and interpreted.
Clément Marot: A Renaissance Poet Discovers the Gospel is a fundamental expansion and recasting for an English-reading public of Marot Ãvangélique, Michael Screech's study which brings out the appeal to this court poet of Lutheranism and martyrdom. Chapters also examine aspects of Marot's cult of the Virgin and a possible shift from Lutheranism to Calvinism.
Clément Marot: A Renaissance Poet Discovers the Gospel is a fundamental expansion and recasting for an English-reading public of Marot Ãvangélique, Michael Screech's study which brings out the appeal to this court poet of Lutheranism and martyrdom. Chapters also examine aspects of Marot's cult of the Virgin and a possible shift from Lutheranism to Calvinism.
M.A. Screech is a Senior Research Fellow of All Souls College and an Extraordinary Fellow Elect of Wolfson College, Oxford. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Literature. His recent books include French and English studies of Erasmus, Rabelais and Montaigne, an English translation of the complete Essays of Montaigne and (with Anne Screech) the final volume of Erasmus' Annotations on the New Testament.
'This is an erudite work that helps shed light on the work of a little studied figure of the early Reformation.'
Larissa Taylor, Renaissance Quarterly
'This elegant study shows once again Professor Screech's masterful command of biblical texts and Reformation theology. The study merits reading as well by students of early modern France for insight into how a French Renaissance courtier's life and writings were deeply influenced by the teachings of continental Evangelicals and Reformers.'
Anne R. Larsen, Sixteenth Century Journal, 1994.
Larissa Taylor, Renaissance Quarterly
'This elegant study shows once again Professor Screech's masterful command of biblical texts and Reformation theology. The study merits reading as well by students of early modern France for insight into how a French Renaissance courtier's life and writings were deeply influenced by the teachings of continental Evangelicals and Reformers.'
Anne R. Larsen, Sixteenth Century Journal, 1994.