Giorgio Biandrata (1516–1588). A Physician between Politics and Theology in Early Modern East-Central Europe Cover Image

Giorgio Biandrata (1516–1588). Egy orvos a politika és a teológia között a korai újkori Kelet-Közép-Európában
Giorgio Biandrata (1516–1588). A Physician between Politics and Theology in Early Modern East-Central Europe

Author(s): Mihály Balázs
Subject(s): History of Church(es), 16th Century
Published by: Erdélyi Unitárius Egyház
Keywords: Antitrinitarianism; East-Central Europe; Transylvania; Biandrata Giorgio (1516–1588); David Francis (1520–1579); queen Izabella (1519–1559);

Summary/Abstract: The Italian physician Giorgio Biandrata (1516–1588) was an important politician and religious reformer in 16th century Transylvania. Historians, especially the Unitarians, perceive him as a person who determined the outcome of the trial of Francis David (1520–1579). Although Biandrata was a key figure in east-central European Antitrinitarianism, there are important details in his life that have been overlooked by historians. He entered Transylvania as a well-known physician, being the protégé of queen Izabella (1519–1559). His early years as a physician are not researched. In Geneva he was drawn to Reformed Protestantism, then in Poland to Antitrinitarianism. In Transylvania he became the adept of liberal Antitrinitarianism.

  • Issue Year: 126/2020
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 3-37
  • Page Count: 35
  • Language: Hungarian