The French Reformation

ISBN-13: 9780631145165 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 108 str.

Mark Greengrass

Opis

This study considers why - despite a vigorous pre-reform movement - an apparent welcome for the writings of French-speaking reformers like Calvin, and the beginnings of a powerful church organization - Protestantism failed to take hold in France.

Blurb

The French Reformation seemed well–placed to succeed: there was a vigorous pre–reform movement, an apparent welcome for the work of French–speaking reformers in many quarters despite severe persecution, and the beginnings of a powerful and well–organized church structure. Yet, French protestantism remained the faith only of a minority. This book seeks to understand this apparent contradiction and to explain why protestantism failed to take hold in France.