Calvinism in Europe, 1540-1620.

Religion 701 Calvinism in Europe, 1540-1620. Edited by Andrew Pettegree, Alastair Duke, and Gillian Lewis.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, xii, 283, index. From the library of a Lutheran university professor with some pencil checks in margins. Also, typewritten review laid in. Good copy in dust jacket. (There was a sister publication published by Manchester University with similar title printing the sources). $20.00

Contents: List of figures; Notes on contributors; Preface; List of abbreviations 1. Perspectives on European Calvinism Alastair Duke; 2. The Geneva Consistory in the time of Calvin Robert M. Kingdon; 3. The Geneva Academy Gillian Lewis; 4. Calvin and the Swiss Reformed churches Bruce Gordon; 5. Calvin's works in translation Francis Higman; 6. Calvinists in Troyes, 1562-1572: the legacy of Vassy and the background to St Bartholomew Penny Roberts; 7. The Calvinist experiment in Bearn Mark Greengrass; 8. The changing face of Calvinism in Antwerp, 1555-1585 Guido Marnef; 9. Coming to terms with victory: the upbuilding of a Calvinist church in Holland, 1572-1590 Andrew Pettegree; 10. Confessionalism and absolutism: the case of Brandenburg Bodo Nischan; 11. Calvinism in Hungary: the theological and ecclesiastical transition to the Reformed faith David P. Daniel; 12. Calvinism and the Gaidhealtachd in Scotland Jane Dawson; 13. Merchants and ministers: the foundations of international Calvinism Ole Peter Grell; Index.

Calvinism was the most dynamic and disruptive religious force of the later sixteenth century. This collection of essays probes different aspects of this complex phenomenon at a local level and looks at the impact Calvin's writings had during three generations of European warfare.