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Author	Gordon, Bruce, 1962-
Title	Calvin / Bruce Gordon.
Publication Info.	New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 7	92 C168 C	IN LIBRARY

Description	xiii, 398 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	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.
Subject	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.
	Reformers -- Switzerland -- Geneva -- Biography.
	Theologians -- Switzerland -- Geneva -- Biography.
	Reformation -- Switzerland -- Geneva.
	Geneva (Switzerland) -- Church history -- 16th century.
ISBN	9780300120769 (alk. paper)
	0300120761 (alk. paper)

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