02688cmm a2200313 4500 214823442 TxAuBib 20120507120000.0 081017s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781402041945 1402041942 9781402041938 Cloth 1402041934 Cloth (OCoLC)262691248 GW5XE eng GW5XE GW5XE N$T YDXCP UAB DKU CNTRU YNG E7B OCLCQ IDEBK OCLCQ TUU OCLCQ MNU ISOBC TxAuBib Bruening, Michael W, (Michael Wilson.) Calvinism's first battleground [electronic resource] : conflict and reform in the Pays de Vaud, 1528-1559 / by Michael W. Bruening. Dordrecht : Springer, 2005. 1 online resource (xvi, 286 p.) : maps. Studies in early modern religious reforms ; 4, 4, 5, 5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-278) and index. "Calvinism's First Battleground sheds new light on the origin of Calvinism and the Reformed faith through a detailed examination of the Reformation in the Pays de Vaud." "A specifically Calvinist identity and theology emerged out of two key conflicts in the region: first, the fight to turn away from Catholic practices and traditions a population that had been forced to convert to Protestantism by the Bernese after their conquest of Vaud in 1536; second, the struggle against the Zwinglian political and theological ideas that dominated the Swiss Confederation and differed from the Calvinists' understanding of ecclesiastical discipline, the Eucharist, and predestination. The Pays de Vaud was central to this struggle, for it was subject politically to Zwinglian, German-speaking Bern, but many of its ministers were more strongly influenced by Calvin. Calvin himself was initially excited about the prospects for reform in the reigon, but frustrations with the Swiss led him and the Genevans increasingly to focus their efforts on France." "This history helps us to understand the broader contours of the Reformation in French-speaking Europe, as its center of gravity shifted from Meaux to Vaud and Geneva, and back to France again on the eve of the Wars of Religion."--Jacket. Calvinism Switzerland Vaud History 16th century. Reformation Switzerland Vaud. Religion Christianity Calvinist. Electronic books. Bruening, Michael W. (Michael Wilson), Dordrecht : Springer, c2005. Studies in early modern religious reforms ; 4, 4, 5, 5. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=150832 EBSCOhost