Calvinism And Religious Wars Essays - Calvinism, Calvin And Hobbes

Calvinism And Religious Wars This book is about pretty much the beginning of Calvinism and how it played a major role in the reforming of mid to late fifteenth century Europe. Franklin Charles Palm tries to exam the role in which John Calvin used his love for the sacred scriptures and religion to reform the way he lived, and the rest of the world. Concentrating mostly on Europe at that time period. Palm breaks down the life of Calvin at first, and then as he proceeds through this book he leads up to actual formation of the religion. And ultimately then how this newly formed religion affected or may off even caused some of the religious war. I unfortunately could not find any info on Franklin Charles Palm, though I even had one the librarians look for me to. I feel that Franklin Charles Palm was really not trying to answer any certain question while he was attempting to write this informative novel at all. In fact I think that his true purpose for writing this was to give an accurate account of what role Calvinism played in that time period, because from what I can understand he did not feel that there was enough information readily available. His work in my own opinion is very relevant to the study of history, and he has added another great resource to the reference area for history in any library. I feel that his work does not offer any resonably new information for students to learn, but it may present an easier way of learning for those who are tired of reading the same old reference books. This book does though coincide with most of the notes that we have taken during class periods. This helps out greatly when writing papers and reviews for essays and reports. Palm starts the novel out by explaining the early the early life of John Calvin and explains his life with his family. It talks about his father Gerad Calvin and his working as the secretary for the bishop of Nylon and as the fiscal agent for his district in England. It states how this made it possible for Calvin to meet some very influential people in his early life and made it possible for him to start to develop ideas about religion and other political views early on in life. When Calvin was at the age of entering college it made it hard for him to do so with the death of his father, and his mother having to support six children in the family. His father was able to set aside some money before he passed on for Calvin which in turn allowed him to attend the College at Montiaigu, at Paris for four years. This is where John developed a love for the bible and a tremendous understanding for the scriptures, which would in turn play a major role in his ideas for changing and for his reforming of the Catholic Church. After discussing Calvin's early life Palm went on to talk about the Roman Catholic Church and how they developed a keen sense of hated for Calvin. It stated what they were going to do with his writings and how they were going to go about dealing with him. Which evidently lead to Calvin's exile from the country. Some of Calvin's works, cited the problems that pretty much most of the reformers saw wrong with the church. Such as, the sale of indulgences which Luther and Erasmus displayed ever so prominently in their attempts for reform. Gradually the book moves on to the more important issues of the book. Certain things like the Religious wars. Also it talks about things like his oppositions and the struggles he faced with Greut, Servetus, and his triumph over all of them. It shows the certain economic importance this new religion played in France at the time and the political and intellectual importance of the new religion of Calvinism. When the religious wars broke out in France and Francis the 1st proclaimed his development of absolutism it shows how Calvinism was one of the major elements opposed to it. Once that Calvinism was starting to take hold it displayed the spread of it throughout most of Eastern Europe. Like when it started in Italy and Spain, and began to work its way through Western Germany. Once the religion hit those sections it began its spread throughout the vast regions of Western Europe too. Last but not least it explains The Spread