Preface
Preface The following collection is a collaborative effort by a group of historians with a shared interest in the Zurich reformation. From different perspectives we were struck by the various roles played by exemplarity in the doctrinal, institutional and educational formation of a new reformed polity.
We would like acknowledge with gratitude the translation work done by Rona Johnston Gordon, who also expertly edited the manuscript. Jon
Delmas Wood expertly translated the contribution by Urs B. Leu. Andrew Pettegree and Bridget Heal from St Andrews Studies in Reformation
History read an early version of the text and made helpful suggestions, and generously invited us to include the book in the series. Tom Gray at Ashgate was, as ever, supportive throughout. We were most fortunate in having Claire Bell as our copyeditor with the press. Part of the work in this volume arises from a project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research
Council, and we happily acknowledge the support.
This volume is dedicated with affection to a friend and colleague who over many years with the Bullinger Correspondence Edition in the Institute for Swiss Reformation History in Zurich has been a generous and wise guide to the sixteenth century.
Luca Baschera, Bruce Gordon and Christian Moser, Zurich