The Century of Splintering: The Reformation in its Swiss and Radical Phases, 1519-1619

We explore the new, contending forms of Protestant Christianity that sprang up in the wake of Luther, including the strict, austere Swiss Reform embodied in John Calvin’s Geneva, and the radical anabaptism that burst onto the scene in the failed millennial kingdom at Munster. We consider how the new Reformed movement hammered out a shared orthodoxy emphasizing original sin and predestination, which we now (somewhat inaccurately) call “Calvinism,” and we trace the roots of some of the more extreme ascetic pacifist sects that have persisted down to our own time.

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Suggested further reading: Euan Cameron, "The European Reformation"; Diarmaid MacCulloch, "The Reformation: A History"