by Stefan Zweig · Acantilado · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788495359568
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«Castellio contra Calvino: Conciencia contra violencia» is the historical essay by Stefan Zweig published by Acantilado in paperback (256 pages).
Stefan Zweig analyses the confrontation between Sebastian Castellio and John Calvin in the sixteenth century, a theological conflict that intensifies with the execution of Michael Servetus. From that episode, the author puts forward a defence of freedom of conscience and of the individual against dogmatism and the abuses of those who hold power.
Translation by Berta Vias Mahou. Volume 48 of the El Acantilado collection. First edition published on 12 September 2012. Text in Spanish.
Historical essay for the general public interested in the work of Stefan Zweig and in the tensions between individual conscience and power.
Stefan Zweig was an Austrian writer. At the height of his literary career in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most widely translated and popular writers in the world.
