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Author:

Gordon, Bruce, 1962-

Title:

Calvin / Bruce Gordon.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

2011, c2009

Description:

xiii, [iii], 398 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports., maps ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Calvin, Jean,--1509-1564.
Reformation--Geneva--Geneva--Biography.
Reformed Church--Geneva--Geneva--Clergy--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [374]-383) and index.

Contents:

A French youth -- Among the princes of law -- 'At last delivered': conversion and flight -- Exile in a hidden corner -- Violent reformations and tumult -- Discovering the church -- 'Lucid brevity' for the sake of the church: Romans -- Building Christ's church -- Calvin's world -- Healing Christ's body -- 'Since Calvin acts so bravely, why does he not come here?': France -- The years of conflict -- 'There is no form of impiety that this monster has not raked up' -- Luther's heirs -- European reformer -- The 'perfecte schoole of Christe' -- Churches and blood: France -- Endings.

ISBN:

030017084X
9780300170849

OCLC:

(OCoLC)670481445

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)