This study of Calvin divides his life into two periods. In The Young Calvin we look at Calvin's birth and ancestry, his upbringing and education, evangelical influences and conversion, his flight from Paris, first edition of The Institutes, and his settlement in Geneva - up to his banishment from that city in 1538. In the second part of his life, The Indefatigable Reformer, we follow Calvin's labours at Strasbourg, his recall to Geneva and struggles to Reform the Genevan church, his setting up of an academy and sending out ministers into France and beyond, concluding with a look at his last years and his abiding influence. |
