John Calvin in context

John Calvin in Context offers a comprehensive overview of Calvin's world. Including essays from social, cultural, feminist, and intellectual historians, each specially commissioned for this volume, the book considers the various early modern contexts in which Calvin worked and wrote. It captures his concerns for Northern humanism, his deep involvement in the politics of Geneva, his relationships with contemporaries, and the polemic necessities of responding to developments in Rome and other Protestant sects, notably Lutheran and Anabaptist. The volume also explores Calvin's tasks as a pastor and doctor of the church, who was constantly explicating the text of scripture and applying it to the context of sixteenth-century Geneva, as well as the reception of his role in the Reformation and beyond. Demonstrating the complexity of the world in which Calvin lived, John Calvin in Context serves as an essential research tool for scholars and students of early modern Europe.

Introduction : John Calvin in context / R. Ward Holder -- Part 1: France and its influence. John Calvin's life / G. Sujin Pak -- French Christianity in the early 1500s / Raymond A. Mentzer -- The University of Paris during Calvin's life / Greta Grace Kroeker -- French humanism / Olivier Millet -- French religious politics / Jonathan A. Reid -- The French wars of religion / Diane C. Margolf -- Part II: Switzerland, Southern Germany, and Geneva. France The Swiss Confederation in the age of John Calvin / Bruce Gordon -- Strasbourg in the sixteenth century / Steven W. Tyra -- Geneva and its protectors / Charles H. Parker -- Daily life in Geneva / Jill Fehleison -- Reforming the city-state : government in Geneva / William G. Naphy -- Consistories and discipline / Jeffrey R. Watt -- Reformed education and the Genevan academy / Karin Maag -- Worship, pastorate, and diaconate in early modern Europe / Elsie Anne McKee -- Part III: Empire and society. The politics of the emperors / Ute Lotz-Heumann -- Judaism in Europe during the late Middle Ages and Renaissance / David H. Price -- Refugees / Jesse Spohnholz -- Calvin and women / Elizabeth A. Lehfeldt -- Part IV: The religious question. Wes…