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→Geneva: grammar - revised "requested to the City Council'' to "petitioned the City Council"
Calvin was threatened many times, banished once for three years, and insulted by having stray dogs named "Calvin" after him. However, his hard work for reform in Geneva paid off. In later years, the [[liberal]] attitude of Geneva allowed the city to become known as the "Protestant Rome". It became a safe haven for persecuted Reformed scholars from [[Scotland]] and [[England]] during the Catholic rule of [[Mary I]] and Mary Stuart.
Calvin was threatened many times, banished once for three years, and insulted by having stray dogs named "Calvin" after him. However, his hard work for reform in Geneva paid off. In later years, the [[liberal]] attitude of Geneva allowed the city to become known as the "Protestant Rome". It became a safe haven for persecuted Reformed scholars from [[Scotland]] and [[England]] during the Catholic rule of [[Mary I]] and Mary Stuart.
Calvin is often remembered for his role as the Prosecutor in the trial and burning of [[Michael Servetus]], who was condemned by many Reformers and by the Roman Catholic church for committing heresy by denying the [[Trinity]]. Calvin requested to the City Council in Geneva that Servetus should have neither a lawyer, nor a translator. Calvin was also responsible in several witch burnings while in Geneva. Servetus was burned at the stake, despite Calvin's recommendation that Servetus ought rather to be beheaded, a form of execution considered in that day to be more honorable.
Calvin is often remembered for his role as the Prosecutor in the trial and burning of [[Michael Servetus]], who was condemned by many Reformers and by the Roman Catholic church for committing heresy by denying the [[Trinity]]. Calvin petitioned the City Council in Geneva that Servetus should have neither a lawyer, nor a translator. Calvin was also responsible in several witch burnings while in Geneva. Servetus was burned at the stake, despite Calvin's recommendation that Servetus ought rather to be beheaded, a form of execution considered in that day to be more honorable.
==Legacy==
==Legacy==