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1536–1564 CEIn-depth study
Title page of the first Latin edition of Calvin’s Institutes, printed in 1536. Later editions substantially expanded the work.
Picture source & rightsJohn Calvin / Internet Archive, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Resized without cropping and converted to WebP · Licence terms

Europe / Faith

Calvin and Geneva: books, institutions and contested authority

A surviving 1536 title page opens a study of Calvin’s changing books, Geneva’s church institutions and the limits of its religious settlement.

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