Issue 71 Huguenots and the Wars of Religion

No misdeed went unpunished in Calvin’s Geneva.

In the Prefatory Address to his Institutes, John Calvin defends both his doctrine and its battered believers.

Interesting & unusual facts about the Huguenots—and their enemies.

The War of the Three Henris is a microcosm of the battles waged in France.

Suspicious and scared, the king of France ordered a political assassination. Then the real killing began.

Reforming doctrine was just the beginning of a vigorous campaign to restructure Christian life—at church, at home, and in each believer’s heart.

Lacking political protection or religious freedom, French Reformed thinkers forged a unique expression of faith.

Chronology of key events in Huguenot France.

How one of France’s greatest poets made sense of the Huguenot tragedies.

Huguenot intrigues swirled around a handful of key figures.

As obscure now as his tiny native village, Pierre Viret once captured the hearts of the Huguenots.

As repression became a way of life in France, Huguenots faced three choices: convert, go underground, or risk everything to reach le Refuge.

Pluralism and evangelicalism collide in contemporary France. A conversation with Sébastien Fath.

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