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Ludwig Lavater

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**Ludwig Lavater** (b. 4 March 1527; Kyburg (castle) – d. 5 July 1586 in Zurich) was a Swiss Reformed theologian working in the circle of his father-in-law, Heinrich Bullinger. He served as Archdeacon at the Grossmünster in Zurich and briefly Antistes of the Zurich church as the successor of Rudolf Gwalther. Lavater was a prolific author, composing homilies, commentaries, a survey of the liturgical practices of the Zurich church, a history of the Lord's Supper controversy, as well as biographies of Bullinger and Konrad Pellikan. His work on ghosts (*De spectris* ...) was one of the most frequently printed demonological works of the early modern period, going into at least nineteen early modern editions in German, Latin, French, English and Italian.

Identifiers

  • VIAF34510758
  • WikidataQ120784
  • ISNI0000000079732335
  • Open LibraryOL1728005A

Top Subjects

  • Apparitions (9)
  • Demonology (5)
  • Early works to 1800 (5)
  • Bible (4)
  • Commentaries (3)
  • Ghosts (3)
  • Faust, -- d. ca. 1540 -- Legends (3)

Books by Ludwig Lavater

Total count: 61