Geneva in the Age of the Reformation

Geneva, all too happy to cut its ties with Savoy, switched to the Reformation in 1536. This change of faith, the arrival of Huguenot refugees who boosted the economy, and the personality of Jean Calvin quickly transformed this provincial town into a center of reference for the European Reformed. The Michel Servet affair, named after the doctor condemned to the stake for heresy in 1553, will raise the question of the limits of religious tolerance.