Calvin and the consolidation of the Genevan Reformation

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Calvin and the consolidation of the Genevan Reformation

William G. Naphy

Manchester University Press, c1994 , Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, c1994

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This work presents a complete re-evaluation of Calvin's rise to power in Geneva. Calvin's consolidation of his position and particular brand of Protestantism was of paramount importance to the wider Reformation movement, especially in France, Scotland and England. Naphy's extensive research in Geneva's archives has produced an in-depth view of Geneva's politics, ruling elite and socio-economic milieu. Naphy reinterprets the nature of politics in Reformation Geneva by examining the role of the entire political ruling class, ministers, the French refugees and Calvin's local supporters on the Consitory, Geneva's ecclesiastical court.

Table of Contents

  • Factionalism - the Genevan disease
  • Calvin and his colleagues
  • Calvin and the magistrates - the first crisis
  • Geneva - hospitality and xenophobia
  • the pastors - ministers or masters?
  • Calvin and the magistrates - the final crisis
  • Calvin triumphant.

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