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Provides an overview of the life, work, and impact of John Calvin, the sixteenth-century Protestant reformer. Calvin spent his early life in France, but his career as a reformer focused on the city of Geneva. Calvin’s most influential work was the Institutes, and under his leadership Geneva became the center of an international Protestant movement.
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Hakkenberg, M.A. (2022). Calvin, Jean. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14169-5_994
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