War against the Idols: The Reformation of Worship from Erasmus to Calvin

Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. The state of lay devotion in the late middle ages 2. Erasmus as critic of late medieval piety 3. Early reformers and the question of idolatry 4. Iconoclasm, revolution, and the reformation in Switzerland and Geneva, 1527-1536 5. Humanism and reform in France: the seeds of calvinism 6. John Calvin's attack on idolatry 7. Calvin against the nicodemites 8. From iconoclasm to revolution: the political dimensions of the war against idolatry Conclusion Index.