Calvinism's First Battleground Conflict and Reform in the Pays de Vaud, 1528-1559 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bruening, Michael W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Series: Studies in Early Modern Religious Reforms, 4
• Subjects: Religion.; History.; Religious Studies.; Religious Studies, general.; History, general.

Calvinism's First Battleground sheds new light on the origin of Calvinism and the Reformed faith through a detailed examination of the Reformation in the Pays de Vaud. A specifically Calvinist identity and theology emerged out of two key conflicts in the region: first, the fight to turn away fr...

Table of Contents:

• POLITICS AND DIPLOMACY IN VAUD
• ZWINGLIANISM AND LUTHERANISM IN BERN
• THE CLASH OF THE OLD AND NEW FAITHS
• FROM SACRAMENTARIANS TO CALVINISTS
• FROM POLITICAL CALVINISM TO THE REFORMATION OF THE REFUGEES
• FROM THE PAYS DE VAUD TO FRANCE
• CONCLUSION.