Switzerland
Anna Reinhard
A biography of Anna Reinhard, wife of Ulrich Zwingli, whose faith and endurance sustained her family through the hardships of the Swiss Reformation.
Baden Disputation (1526)
Baden Disputation (1526): The Swiss divide becomes public. A concise account of the debate and its place in the Protestant Reformation.
Hugo von Hohenlandenberg
The Bishop of Constance, in whose diocese Zurich lay, whose mandates against Zwingli’s preaching only hastened Zurich’s break with him.
Ilanz Disputation (1526)
Ilanz Disputation (1526): A parish’s freedom to choose. A concise account of the debate and its place in the Protestant Reformation.
Johann Fabri
Zwingli’s friend turned foe, who represented the Bishop of Constance at Zurich and earned the name “hammer of heretics.”
John Calvin and Swiss Reform
A historical map locating John Calvin and the principal cities, territories, and events of the Swiss Reformation.
Locarno Disputation (1549)
Locarno Disputation (1549): A congregation under pressure. A concise account of the debate and its place in the Protestant Reformation.
Oswald Myconius
A short biography of Oswald Myconius (1488–1552), schoolmaster, Zwingli’s friend and first biographer, and chief pastor of Basel after Oecolampadius.
Other Reformers
Many were the hands and hearts that contributed to the Reformation. Here are a few other prominent reformers, arranged by the lands where they chiefly labored.
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.
Pierre Viret
A short biography of Pierre Viret (1511–1571), the gentle reformer of Lausanne, friend of Farel and Calvin, and the most sought-after Protestant preacher of the Huguenot churches of southern France.
Radical Reformation History
A concise history of the Radical Reformation from medieval dissent and Wittenberg through Zurich, Münster, persecution, and Anabaptist survival.
The Reformation in Switzerland
A concise history of the Swiss Reformation through Zwingli, Calvin, the reforming cities, cantonal conflict, and the rise of the Reformed tradition.
The Schleitheim Confession (1527)
An introduction to the Schleitheim Confession of 1527 and its complete text, with attention to Michael and Margaretha Sattler, persecution, the seven articles, Anabaptist distinctives, and a Reformed assessment.
Where?
Explore 30 major Reformation events in chronological and geographical context, from Erasmus's Greek New Testament to the Second Helvetic Confession.
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.
