CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. PAGE § 1. The limitations of the Peace of Augsburg 1 § 2. The Reformation outside Germany 5 § 3. The Reformed type of Doctrine 6 § 4. The Reformed ideal of Ecclesiastical Government 7 § 5. The influence of Humanism on the Reformed Churches 9 § 6. What the Reformed Churches owed to Luther 13 § 7. National Characteristics as they affected the Reformation 18 CHAPTER II. THE REFORMATION IN SWITZERLAND UNDER ZWINGLI. § 1. The political condition of Switzerland 21 § 2. Zwingli's youth and education 24 § 3. Zwingli at Glarus and at Einsiedeln 27 § 4. Zwingli in Zurich 29 § 5. The Public Disputations 33 § 6. The Reformation outside Zurich 38 In Basel--Oecolampadius and William Farel 38 In Bern--The _Ten Theses_ 40 In Appenzell and other Cantons 46 _The Christian Civic League_ (Protestant). _The Christian Union_ (Romanist) 48 § 7. The Sacramental Controversy 52 CHAPTER III. THE REFORMATION IN GENEVA UNDER CALVIN. § 1. Geneva 61 § 2. The Reformation in Western Switzerland 66 Farel and his band of evangelists 71 § 3. Farel in Geneva 74 Bern, Freiburg, and Geneva 77 The Public Disputation and the _Thèses Évangéliques_ 85 § 4. Calvin: Youth and education 92 _Christianæ Religionis Institutio_ 99 § 5. Calvin with Farel in Geneva 102 _Articuli de regimine ecclesiæ_--Discipline in the Church 105 The theologians of Eastern Switzerland and excommunication 110 Calvin and Farel banished from Geneva 120 Calvin recalled to Geneva--_Les ordonnances ecclésiastiques de l'Église de Genève_ 128 What Calvin did for Geneva 131 CHAPTER IV. THE REFORMATION IN FRANCE. § 1. Marguerite d'Angoulême and the "group of Meaux" 136 § 2. Attempts to repress the movement for Reform 144 § 3. Change in the character of the movement for Reform 151