Despite receiving particular praise from a range of early modern commentators, from Nicholas Sander to Pedro de Ribadeneyra, most historians have seen the Italian merchant Antonio Buonvisi playing a fairly negligible role in the history of mid-Tudor Catholicism. This article challenges this interpretation. After reassessing some rather simplistic assessments of Buonvisi’s religious beliefs, this article explores his actions and activities following his self-imposed exile from England in 1549. Using research conducted in both the State Archives of Lucca and the Vatican City, it suggests that Buonvisi played a far more significant role in ensuring the survival of English Catholicism over the first decades of the Reformation than is usually acknowledged. Indeed, it argues that Buonvisi may have helped lay core foundations for the Catholic restoration of Mary I’s reign, the success of which has recently been highlighted by historians such as Eamon Duffy.

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玛丽安教会的“前任赞助人和第二任父亲”：安东尼奥·布恩维斯，宗教流放者和都铎王朝中期的天主教

尽管从尼古拉斯·桑德（Nicholas Sander）到佩德罗·德·里巴德内拉（Pedro de Ribadeneyra）等一系列早期现代评论家都给予了特别的赞誉，但大多数历史学家都认为意大利商人安东尼奥·布昂维西在都铎王朝中期天主教的历史中扮演着相当微不足道的角色。本文对这种解释提出了挑战。在重新评估了对 Buonvisi 宗教信仰的一些相当简单的评估之后，本文探讨了他在 1549 年从英国自我流放后的行为和活动。利用在卢卡国家档案馆和梵蒂冈城进行的研究，它表明 Buonvisi 扮演了一个在宗教改革的最初几十年中，在确保英国天主教的生存方面发挥的作用比通常承认的要重要得多。确实，