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DAVID CASINI
; ...portraits from 2003-one of John Calvin, the other of Guillaume Farel. Images of these two religious reformers stood out against...critics, collectors, and art lovers in general. Calvin and Farel were shown next to one another, without immediately...
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(book reviews)
; ...a ruling and repressive ideology (11). Gauna also relies in his first chapter on the works of apologists such as Guillaume Farel and especially Pierre Viret to construct the Renaissance figure of the libertin spirituel or revolte, who falls into...
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A wealth of Protestant principle Geneva may play down its religious past, but Calvin's legacy is everywhere
; ...of a stunner: 60ft of massive, white-stone stillness. In the centre, the four leading Geneva luminaries - Calvin, Guillaume Farel, Theodore de Beze and John Knox - stood out, 16ft high. They'd never wanted any sort of memorial - it went against...
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Calvinism's First Battleground: Conflict and Reform in the Pays de Vaud, 1528-1559.(Book review)
; ...Meanwhile, Protestant evangelization in French Switzerland began with a slashing attack on the Catholic Mass, led by Guillaume Farel with substantial support from Bern between 1528 and 1536. The resulting Protestant conquest, however, proved to be...
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Sex, Marriage, and Family in John Calvin's Geneva. Volume 1: Courtship, Engagement, and Marriage
; ...marriages between people of widely disparate ages, aptly seen in his great consternation when, at 69, his friend Guillaume Farel married a woman less than half his age. Calvin revealed the limited grounds for divorce in a letter in which he informed...
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Short Breaks: 48 hours in Geneva
; ...dedicated to leading figures of the International Reformation movement: Jean Calvin, Theodore de Beze, John Knox and Guillaume Farel. Exiting the park, climb the cobblestones to the Old Town (15) and explore its narrow passageways, punctuated with...
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Le livre evangelique en francais avant Calvin: Etudes originales, publications d'inedits, catalogues d'editions anciennes/The French Evangelical Book before Calvin: Original Analyses, Newly Edited Texts, Bibliographic Catalogues.(Book review)
; ...its daring ramifications by connecting it to the texts published by Pierre de Vingle and, in particular, those of Guillaume Farel, before comparing them to texts printed in Paris, Basel, Strasbourg, and Antwerp. Kemp's analysis helps us to understand...
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The Starting Point of Calvin's Theology
; ...designed primarily for an academic audience. Calvin finally came out with a French translation in 1558 at the request of Guillaume Farel, and it sold well. The issue of the immortality of the soul was an important issue in the high Middle Ages when the...
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GENEVA Come to the lake for a spot of reformation Switzerland's mountains are an impressive backdrop to a great city, says Tim Pozzi
; ...des Bastions, salutes his influence with a 15ft-high statue of Calvin at its centre, flanked by fellow preachers Guillaume Farel, Theodore de Beze and Scotsman John Knox. They make for a sombre bunch. Geneva's motto, Post Tenebras Lux (After...
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Calvin: A Biography
; ...in parallel to Quintillian's Institutes of Oratory. Cottret narrates Calvin's call to Geneva through the agency of Guillaume Farel. After his three-year exile to Strasbourg and the famous response to bishop Sadoleto, the Genevan council asked Calvin...
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