page_title: History of Geneva
section_title: Reformation
hierarchical_section_title: History of Geneva / Reformation
caption_attribution_description: English: Reformation Wall in Geneva, Switzerland. From left to right: Guillaume Farel, Johannes Calvin, Théodore de Bèze, John Knox Français&#160;: Mur des Réformateurs à Genève, Suisse. De gauche à droite&#160;: Guillaume Farel, Jean Calvin, Théodore de Bèze, John Knox Tiếng Việt: Bức tường Cải cách tại Geneva, Thụy Sỹ. Từ trái sang phải: Guillaume Farel, Johannes Calvin, Théodore de Bèze, John Knox
context_page_description: The History of Geneva dates from before the Roman occupation in the second century BC. Now the principal French-speaking city of Switzerland, Geneva was an independent city state from the Middle Ages until the end of the 18th century. John Calvin was the Protestant leader of the city in the 16th century.
context_section_description: Geneva, home of Calvinism, was one of the great centres of the Protestant Reformation. While Bern favoured the introduction of the new teaching and demanded liberty of preaching for the Reformers Guillaume Farel and Antoine Froment, Catholic Fribourg renounced in 1533 its allegiance with Geneva.
caption: The International Monument to the Reformation
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