France
Catherine de’ Medici
The queen mother of three French kings whose shifting policy ended in the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of 1572.
Catherine Parr
A biography of Catherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII, evangelical author, student of Scripture, and protector of reform at the English court.
Catholic Opponents of the Reformation
The major Roman Catholic opponents of the Protestant Reformation: popes, princes, bishops, inquisitors, and theologians, with a short biographical sketch of each.
Charles de Guise
The Cardinal of Lorraine, head with his brother of the Guise party that led Catholic France against the Huguenots.
Church Discipline
How the Reformers recovered pastoral church discipline as a mark of the true church, a means of restoration, and a safeguard for the congregation.
Clément Marot
A short biography of Clément Marot (c. 1496–1544), court poet of Francis I and Margaret of Navarre, whose metrical psalms began the Huguenot Psalter completed by Beza.
Geography of the Reformation
How borders, political alliances, trade, cities, language, and regional conditions shaped the spread and survival of the Protestant Reformation.
Gospel Missions
How vernacular preaching, Geneva, early overseas efforts, and Reformation theology helped prepare the modern Protestant missionary movement.
Louis de Berquin
A short biography of Louis de Berquin (c. 1490–1529), “the most learned of the nobles,” translator of Luther and Erasmus, and martyr at Paris.
Mary of Guise
The French queen-regent of Scotland whose struggle with John Knox and the Protestant lords ended with her death in 1560.
Pierre Robert Olivétan
A short biography of Pierre Robert Olivétan (d. 1538), Calvin’s cousin, the first evangelist of Geneva, and translator of the first French Protestant Bible of 1535.
Preface to the 1611 Authorized Version of the Bible
The original Translators to the Reader preface to the 1611 King James Version, explaining the need, purpose, and method of Bible translation.
The Belgic Confession (1561)
An introduction to the Belgic Confession of 1561, with attention to Guido de Bres, persecution in the Low Countries, its Reformed influences, enduring legacy, and Christ-centered gospel.
The Council of Vienne
The Council of Vienne, 1311 to 1312, under Clement V: the suppression of the Knights Templar, the condemnation of the Beguines and Beghards, and chairs of Hebrew, Greek, and Arabic in the universities.
The Council of Vienne
The Council of Vienne, 1311 to 1312, under Clement V: the suppression of the Knights Templar, the condemnation of the Beguines and Beghards, and chairs of Hebrew, Greek, and Arabic in the universities.
The Geneva Catechism
Calvin's Geneva Catechism of 1541: why his first catechism failed, the decisive reordering of faith before law, the four parts, the famous first question, and its influence on the Heidelberg and Westminster catechisms.
The Huguenots
A history of the French Huguenots, their confession and discipline, wars and massacres, the Edict of Nantes, exile, and the Church of the Desert.
The Reformation in France
A concise history of the French Reformation, including Lefèvre, Calvin, the Huguenots, persecution, religious wars, and the Edict of Nantes.
The Scots Confession
The Scots Confession of 1560: the six Johns who wrote it in four days, John Knox's part in it, the twenty-five chapters, the marks of the true Kirk, and why this confession founded Scottish Presbyterianism.
The Waldensians
A history of Peter Waldo and the Waldensians, their preaching, persecution, doctrine, Alpine refuge, and union with the Reformation in 1532.
William Farel
A short biography of William Farel (1489–1565), the fiery evangelist of French-speaking Switzerland who won Neuchâtel and Geneva for the Reformation and held John Calvin in Geneva in 1536.
