The Reformation of Rights: Law, Religion and Human Rights in Early Modern Calvinism

by John Witte Jr. and John Witte Jr

Book Overview

John Calvin developed arresting new teachings on rights and liberties, church and state, and religion and politics that shaped the law of Protestant lands. Calvin's original teachings were periodically challenged by major crises - the French Wars of Religion, Dutch Revolt, the English Civil War, American colonization, and American Revolution. In each such crisis moment, a major Calvinist figure emerged - Theodore Beza, Johannes Althusius, John Milton,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521521610
• ISBN13: 9780521521611
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"