Synopsis: For over four hundred years, the city of Geneva has been
important in Western history. The character of this city--steady,
serious, erudite, clannish, and proud--has remained virtually
unchanged since Calvin's time, the heroic age when she first became
famous. Professor Monter relates the "success story" of this
fascinating city through a fresh synthesis of printed and archival
sources. In the sixteenth century, Geneva succeeded in winning and
maintaining her independence, a feat unique in Reformation Europe.
Into this special environment came Calvin--and his triumph was the
result of a brilliant mind and an undeviating will being placed in
the midst of the crude and confused surroundings of a revolutionary
commune. Professor Monter explores the components of Geneva's and
Calvin's fame in a number of ways. First, he outlines the history
of the city from the early sixteenth century to Calvin's death in
1564, showing the tumultuous environment of the city where Calvin
worked and the means by which local opposition to Calvin dissolved.
He next describes the principal institutions and social groups of
Calvin's Geneva: the established church, the civil government, and
the foreign refugee communities. Finally, he assesses Calvin's
legacy to Geneva and discusses the workings of Calvinism after its
founder's death. As a whole, Calvin's Geneva is a revealing
portrait of a major city and an acute analysis of its effect on one
of the most important men in the sixteenth century. Author
Biography: E. William Monter (PhD Princeton, 1963) is Professor of
Early-Modern Europe at Northwestern University. He is an
internationally renowned early-modern social historian who has
worked on a wide variety of subjects, including witchcraft, the
Inquisition, women's history, and perceived deviance, with special
reference to France, Switzerland, and Spain. He is the recipient of
numerous awards, including Guggenheim and NEH fellowships, and
membership in the Institute for Advanced Study.
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