Hunted Heretic: The Life and Death of Michael Servetus by Ronald Bainton.
Michael Servetus has the singular distinction of have been burned by the Roman Catholic in effigy and by the Protestants in actuality. It was for his work “On the Errors of the Trinity” that caused him to live with a death sentence and travel under an assumed name. Apart from his dramatic death; the fact that he travelled to Geneva despite being warned not to come to Geneva by John Calvin and is credited with the discovery of the circulation of the blood, he is a fascinating figure which is brought to life in this work by Ronald Bainton.
He was a disciple of the Neoplatonic Academy at Florence and at the same time a follower of Anabaptists. He truly was a “Renaissance man” because of the scope of his interests and accomplishments in medicine, geography, Biblical scholarship and theology – everything that was of interest at this time in history. Therefore, because of all his endeavours and notoriety, the life Michael Servetus, this “Hunted Heretic” is still worth reading.
