Short Facts about the Edition

Overview of the Heinrich Bullinger Correspondence
Total Number of Letters Received: Approx. 12,000
Letters to Bullinger: |
ca. 10,000 |
Letters from Bullinger: |
ca. 2,000 |
A Comparison of Important 16th Century Correspondence
Luther: |
ca. 4,200 |
Zwingli: |
ca. 1,300 |
Calvin: |
ca. 4,200 |
Bucer: |
ca. 2,600 |
Erasmus: |
ca. 3,100 |
Melanchthon: |
ca. 10,000 |
Bullinger’s Correspondents: Over 1,000 Individuals and Corporations
Most important correspondents in terms of volume
Johannes Haller, Dean in Bern: |
662 letters to B. (57 from B.) |
Ambrosius Blarer, Reformer from Constance: |
572 letters to B. (162 from B.) |
Johannes Fabricius, Pastor in Chur: |
395 letters to B. (309 from B.) |
Oswald Myconius, Antistes from Basel: |
354 letters to B. (216 from B.) |
Theodor Beza, Calvin's successor: |
267 letters to B. (169 from B.) |
Language of the Letters
Ca. 4/5 |
Latin |
Ca. 1/5 |
Early Modern High German |
Sporadically | French/Italian/Greek |
Occasionally | Hebrew words and sentences |