DEACON CORESI (C. 1510 - C. 1583) AND HIS ACTIVITY AS A PRINTER IN THE CONTEXT OF THE 16TH CENTURY PROTESTANT PROPAGANDA
DEACON CORESI (C. 1510 - C. 1583) AND HIS ACTIVITY AS A PRINTER IN THE CONTEXT OF THE 16TH CENTURY PROTESTANT PROPAGANDA
Author(s): Ion Marian CroitoruSubject(s): History of Religion
Published by: Ideas Forum International Academic and Scientific Association
Keywords: Reformation; Counter-Reformation;deacon Coresi; Coressius;
Summary/Abstract: The biographical data about the life of deacon Coresi (Coressius) are extremelyfew and it has been admitted, after many debates, studies and analyses, that hewas from Târgoviște, it is supposed that he joined a school in Slavonic at DealuMonastery, and that he was the owner of a printing press, yet standing out as askillful printing master. It is also known that he had a son, called Șerban, whomhe taught the art of the printing press. The name of deacon Coresi is mentioned inthe books he had printed in Brașov (during two periods: 1556-1557; 1560-1583,at irregular intervals), Târgoviște (1557-1558), Alba Iulia (1567-1568) and SasSebeș (1580), during five great periods (1556-1558, 1559-1565, 1566-1570,1571-1577, 1578-1583), in Romanian and Slavonic.
Journal: ICOANA CREDINTEI. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Scientific Research
- Issue Year: 7/2021
- Issue No: 14
- Page Range: 37 - 75
- Page Count: 39
- Language: English