Biography of Nicholas Louis Zinzendorf – the Banished Count

Today’s free book is a biography of the key figure in the history of Moravian Missions, Count Nicholas Louis Zinzendorf. This public domain title was digitised from a copy provided by Book Aid.

Félix Bovet [1824-1903], The Banished Count, or, The Life of Nicholas Louis Zinzendorf. From the French of Félix Bovet by John Gill. London: James Nisbet, 1865. Hbk. pp.314. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]

Contents

• Preface
• Introduction

1. Early Days
2. Halls and Wittenberg
3. Residence in Paris
4. A Singular Episode
5. Zinzendorf and Statesman and a Husband
6. The Foundation of Herrnhut
7. First Experiences in the Colony
8. Zinzendorf Retired from Court
9. Home Work
10. Opposition
11. Visit to Denmark
12. Missions to the Negroes
13. Dealing with Emigrants
14. Examination in Theology
15. Travels in Denmark, Holland and Prussia
16. Zinzendorf in England
17. Excitement in Berlin
18. Westward to the Rescue
19. Correspondence with the King of Prussia
20. The Church in Council
21. The Pennsylvanians
22. The Countess and the Children
23. The Count’s Ideas of Unity
24. Passing Clouds
25. The Focus in London
26. The Evening

• Appendix

You can find more material on Count Zinzendorf here and on Moravian Missions here.