The Crime of Michael Servetus
calvin, servetus, Catholic church, Geneva, Protestants, history, geneva, HAYWARD BEYWOOD, diva international, magazine for the international community
continueMICHAEL SERVETUS (1511-1553)
Even the good and the great can make the most terrible gaffes, and the burning of Michael Servetus at the stake in Champel in 1553 is generally considered to be the most serious error of judgement in the otherwise exemplary life and career of Jean Calvin, Geneva’s Protestant ruler in the sixteenth century.
continueJOHN KNOX (1514?-1572)
The fourth huge limestone figures on the Wall of the Reformation in the Parc des Bastions in Geneva is of John Knox. Why should the leader of the Scottish Reformation be commemorated in Geneva? In fact, he did spend a short time there.
continueVoltaire at Ferney
When Voltaire sought refuge at Ferney in 1758, he had already led a tumultuous existence. He had been in or out of favour at various royal courts, writing successful plays or writing flops, jotting slanderous verses or penning philosophical works.
continueWoodrow Wilson
Quai Gustave Ador, Quai Wilson, Princeton University, governor of New Jersey, US President, Paris Peace Conference, the League of Nations, the Nobel Prize, Palais des Nations, Geneva
continueHorace-B?n?dict de Saussure, 1740–1799
The young Horace-B?n?dict de Saussure visited Chamonix in 1760 and developed the ambition to stand on top of Mont Blanc or at least to be responsible for it being climbed.
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