A series of nine programmes presenting the religious movements against the political, economic, and social background of their time, and discussing their continued relevance today.
3: Zwingli and Calvin by G. R. Potter
Professor of Modern History, University of Sheffield
Two figures, one German, the other French, gave an edge to the Reformation which it never entirely lost: they are inseparably connected with two Swiss cities, Zurich and Geneva. with readings by Gary Watson
Next Wednesday at 7.30: The Counter-Reformation
A new historical study of the Reformation. specially written by G. R. Elton to accompany these programmes, is published by the BBC as a 48-page booklet, with two maps, a library list, and many illustrations. It can be obtained from newsagents and booksellers, price 5s., or direct by sending a crossed postal order to [address removed]