Littérature scientifique sur le sujet « Heinricus Pantaleon »

Amid the great Protestant martyrologies of the mid-sixteenth century, Heinrich Pantaleon's Martyrvm historia (1563) has been comparatively overlooked. This article argues that Pantaleon's martyrology acted as a capstone to the narrative framework of Protestant suffering and resistance. Pantaleon's command of vernacular languages gave him access to a wider range of material than other martyrologists, material which his Latin text made accessible to learned readers across Europe. This article also examines the collaboration between Pantaleon and John Foxe, which directly inspired Pantaleon's martyrology and enabled Foxe to give a cohesive, trans-European account of Protestant martyrs in his Acts and monuments.

This paper is devoted to the Polish translation of John Foxe’s famous Rerum in Ecclesia gestarum on Christian martyrs, authored by a Calvinist writer, printer and composer Cyprian Bazylik. His monumental Historyja o srogim prześladowaniu Kościoła Bożego (1567) was compiled from the works of John Foxe, Jean Crespin and Heinrich Pantaleon, supplemented with Jan van Utenhove’s account of the thrilling odyssey of the members of the London’s Foreign Church led by Jan Łaski. The author aimed at creation of a complete account of the persecuted Church throughout Europe, starting from John Wycliff to 1563. Historyja is the most significant witness of the impact of Foxe’s theological thought and ideas on the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

The work primarily provides a new, wide bibliography (more than 200 pages) of the Zodiacus vitae of Marcello Palingenio Stellato, also enlighting his life and work (specifically in relation to its audience). Also, the work provides useful information aimed to scholars about a number of not well-known authors, like Giovita Rapicio, Lilio Gregorio Giraldi, Nicolas Bourbon (see the ‘tag’ section below for a more comprehensive list). However, the work should be considered an essay of a bibliographical work in itself, as well as an anthology of excerpts of great beauty and interest. L'opera fornisce primariamente una nuova, vasta bibliografia (oltre 200 pagine) dello Zodiacus vitae di Marcello Palingenio Stellato, anche illuminandone la vita e l'opera (specialmente in relazione al suo pubblico). Inoltre, questo lavoro fornisce informazioni utili a studiosi di un certo numero di autori non ben noti, come Giovita Rapicio, Lilio Gregorio Giraldi, Nicolas Bourbon (v. la voce ‘tag’ sotto, per una lista più comprensiva). Nel complesso, quest'opera dovrebbe anche essere considerata sia un saggio di lavoro bibliografico, sia un'antologia di passi di grande bellezza e interesse.