Theodore Beza: Counsellor of the French Reformation
Today’s free book is a biography of Theodore Beza, a key person in French Reformation history. This public domain title was digitised from a copy held in Spurgeon’s College Library.
Henry Martin Baird [1832-1906], Theodore Beza. The Counsellor of the French Reformation. New York & London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1899. Hbk. pp.376. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1519-1539: Childhood and Youth
- 1539-1548: Beza in Paris
- 1548-1550: Conversion—Call to Lausanne—”Abraham’s Sacrifiace”
- 1554: Treatise on the Punishment of Heretics
- 1549-1558: Beza’s Activity at Lausanne
- 1558, 1559: Become’s Calvin’s Coadjutor—Rector of the University of Geneva
- 160: Beza at Nérac
- 161: Recall to France
- 1561: Reception at Court
- 1561: Speech at the Colloquy of Poissy
- 16561, 1562: Further Discussions—The Edict of January—Maccacre at Vassy
- 1562, 1563: Counsellor of Condé and the Huguenots in the First Civil War
- 1563-1565: Beza Succeeds Calvin—Edits Greek New Testament
- 1566-1574: Broad Sympathy—Synod of La Rochelle—Massacre on St. Bartholomw’s Day
- Controversies and Controversial Writings
- Beza and the Huguenot Psalter
- Contributions to History
- 1590-1593: The Patriotic Preacher—Henry IV’s Apostasy
- Beza’s Later Years in Geneva
- 1605: Closing Days
- Appendix: Autobiographical Letter Wolmar; Transcript of Beza’s Letter to Pithou, with Translation
- Index