Basel
Desiderius Erasmus
The prince of the humanists, whose Greek New Testament of 1516 served the Reformation, but who sought the moral reform of Rome rather than the recovery of the gospel and wrote against Luther on the freedom of the will.
Johannes Oecolampadius
A short biography of Johannes Oecolampadius (1482–1531), reformer of Basel, friend of Zwingli, and defender of the Reformed doctrine of the Lord’s Supper at Marburg.
John Calvin’s Travels
An interactive chronological map of John Calvin’s travels from Noyon and Paris through exile, Strasbourg, and Geneva.
Oswald Myconius
A short biography of Oswald Myconius (1488–1552), schoolmaster, Zwingli’s friend and first biographer, and chief pastor of Basel after Oecolampadius.
The Council of Basel–Ferrara–Florence
The Council of Basel, Ferrara, and Florence, 1431 to 1449: a council against a pope, a settlement with the Hussites, a brief union with the Greeks, and the definitions of purgatory and the seven sacraments.
The Council of Basel–Ferrara–Florence
The Council of Basel, Ferrara, and Florence, 1431 to 1449: a council against a pope, a settlement with the Hussites, a brief union with the Greeks, and the definitions of purgatory and the seven sacraments.
Ulrich Zwingli’s Travels
An interactive chronological map of Ulrich Zwingli’s life from Wildhaus and Basel to Zurich and the battlefield at Kappel.
Wolfgang Capito
A short biography of Wolfgang Capito (1478–1541), Hebraist, preacher at Basel and Mainz, and Bucer’s colleague in the Reformation of Strasbourg.
