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Bruce Gordon's Calvin, Yale University Press, 2009, is the standard modern biography, situating John Calvin within the complex ecclesiastical relationships and shifting politics of sixteenth-century Europe. It covers Calvin's 1541 return to Geneva after his 1538 exile, the Ecclesiastical Ordinances that created the Consistory, and the 1559 founding of the Genevan Academy that trained Reformed pastors sent out across the continent.

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Major university press academic biography by the Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale Divinity School, widely reviewed as the standard modern introduction to Calvin's life.
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Used for Calvin's 1541 return to Geneva and the Genevan Academy's 1559 founding.
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Author
Bruce Gordon
Publisher
Yale University Press
Publication Year
2009
Source Type
academic biography
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Europe, Continents

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Source CalvinBruce Gordon
Geneva, Cities

This source names Geneva directly: "It covers Calvin's 1541 return to Geneva after his 1538 exile, the Ecclesiastical Ordinances that created the Consistory, and the 1559 founding of the Genevan Academy that trained Reformed pastors..."

Source CalvinBruce Gordon
John Calvin, Figures

This source names John Calvin directly: "Bruce Gordon's Calvin, Yale University Press, 2009, is the standard modern biography, situating John Calvin within the complex ecclesiastical relationships and shifting politics of sixteenth-century..."

Source CalvinBruce Gordon
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