Theodore Beza
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Theodore Beza was a French Calvinist Protestant theologian, reformer and scholar who played an important role in the Protestant Reformation. He was a disciple of John Calvin and lived most of his life
Portrait of Beza at age 58, 1577
Theodore Beza's birthplace in Vézelay
Beza at age 24, 16th-century portrait
Portrait of Theodore Beza, by English School, 17th century
Republic of Geneva
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The Republic of Geneva was an independent city-state in present-day Switzerland that emerged in the early 16th century following its break with both the Catholic Church, the political authority of the
Theodore Beza
…the Protestant Reformation. He was a disciple of John Calvin and lived most of his life in Geneva. Beza succeeded Calvin as the spiritual leader of the Republic of Geneva. Theodore Beza was born on 24 June 1519 in Vézelay, in the province of Burgundy, France. His father, Pierre de Bèze, bailiff of Vézelay, descended from…
View of Geneva in 1550 from the lake, showing the main city on the hill and the bridge linking it to Saint-Gervais on the right bank of the Rhone river
L'Escalade, the last attempt by Savoy to take Geneva by force, 1602
Geneva's fortifications by mid-17th century
First official declaration by the revolutionary government of Geneva, 28 December 1792