Geneva's Use of Lies, Deceit, and Subterfuge, 1536-1563: Telling the Old, Old Story in Reformation France

by Jon Balserak

Geneva was hated and loved in sixteenth-century France. Representing those who hated them were the French Catholic government, who tried desperately to eradicate Genevan Calvinism from its borders--for good reason, as it was growing significantly within France between 1540 and 1563. This book presents a new reading of the battle that raged between the Genevan ministers and the French government during this period. It argues that Calvin, after fleeing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197672302
• ISBN13: 9780197672303
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.7"