Genevan Reformation

The Genevan Reformation was a religious and political reorientation of the city of Geneva, Switzerland from the Roman Catholic religion and the rule of a price-bishop allied with the House of Savoy to Protestantism and self-rule. Although allied with Lutheranism in its tentative early stages, the Reformation in Geneva culminated in the leadership of John Calvin and the adoption of Reformed theology, or Calvinism.

Under Calvin and the Genevan Consistory, Geneva became one of the great hubs of the Protestant Reformation. Known as the "Protestant Rome", Geneva attracted theology students and scholars from across Europe, many of whom returned to their homelands and further spread Reformed thought.