Exhibitions

The persecution
and imprisonment of men
and women who took part
in Protestant religious services

Historical context

The king’s policy
towards the Reformed Church
in France (1555-1562)

Calvin’s letter
to the “Paris prisoners”
(September 1557)

Judiciary astrology,
a very ancient tradition

A warning to simple people

Calvin on “What is
a true prophetic word ?”

The aim of the Warning

Against judiciary astrology

Calvin wrote many letters
and was spokesman and defender of the Huguenots

Overcoming borders

Philipp Melanchthon

Education and Humanity

About French churches and
astrology : Calvin understood and misunderstood

Sébastien Castellion, apôtre
de la tolérance au XVI^e siècle

Henry IV’s entourage

Architecture under Henry IV

Colonial policy under Henry IV: religious and commercial objectives

Henry, King of Navarre

Two mistresses