Lucas W. Kriner

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I am currently interested in the history of the Reformation period. Specifically, I have focused my attention on the impact of reform in the 16th century through print media (books) and new laws. I believe it is very important to understand how the events of the Reformation unfolded "on the ground" in local communities. Understanding how new movements, beliefs, and attitudes among people related to the new ideas espoused by influential thinkers of the same period is critical. Thinkers and rulers had never before held such a direct impact on the public. Although fundamentally a period of religious change, the Reformation was a time when the implementation of printing and new legal practices was carried out with remarkable prowess and conviction.

Studies in John Calvin and the Genevan Consistory

This study on John Calvin's early life (1509-1536) highlights his intellecual development and the impact of humanism on his thought prior to his ministry at Geneva.

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This study on the activity of the Genevan Consistory between 1542 and 1544 focuses on everyday life in Geneva and the variety of cases the court tried. The disciplinary role of the Consistory, the implementation of legal reforms, and Calvin's participation as lawyer/theologian/pastor of the city are all themes found in the Consistory minutes.

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Book History Projects

Editions and Translated Selections (1587 ed.) from the Directorium Inquisitorum

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Jesuit Books Published 1540 -1600

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Publication of the Tridentine Decrees (Canones et Decreta) in the Italian States, Iberia and the Low Countries 1564 -1600

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