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The Diffusion of the Reformation in 16th cent.
Duby, Atlas historique Larousse, Paris 1978, p. 60
Deportation of the Jews
The arrows radiating from Geneva throughout Europe form a kind of spider's web, as if John Calvin was a spider.

In fact, John Calvin established a theocracy in Geneva, a city-state of 10 000 inhabitants, for 9 years (1555 -1564) and his political influence in Europe was not wider than, for instance, that of Philip II of Spain.