Construction of Reformed Identity in Jean Crespin's Livre des Martyrs

<p>Between 1554 and 1570 the Genevan printer Jean Crespin compiled seven French-language editions of his martyrology. In <em>The Construction of Reformed Identity in Jean Crespin’s</em> Livre des Martyrs Jameson Tucker explores how this martyrology helped to shape a distinct Reformed identity for its Protestant readership with a particular interest in the stranger groups that Crespin included within his <i>Livre des Martyrs</i>. </p><p></p><p>By comparing each edition of the <i>Livre des Martyrs</i> this book examines Crespin’s editorial processes and considers the impact that he intended his work to have on his readers. Through this it provides a window into the Reformed Church and its members during the outbreak of the French Wars of Religion. This is the first volume to comparatively study all seven French-language editions of Crespin’s <i>Livre des Martyrs</i> and will be essential reading for all scholars of the Reformation and early modern France. </p><p></p>