Calvin

by Bruce Gordon

Book Overview

A revealing new portrait of John Calvin that captures his human complexity and the sixteenth-century world in which he fought his personal and theological battles

During the glory days of the French Renaissance, young John Calvin (1509-1564) experienced a profound conversion to the faith of the Reformation. For the rest of his days he lived out the implications of that transformation--as exile, inspired reformer, and ultimately the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030017084X
• ISBN13: 9780300170849
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.2" x 7.8"