The year 2009 is the five hundredth anniversary of Calvin’s birth. Many celebrations have been organised with different aims, be they educational exhibitions or international congresses. The virtual museum of Protestantism has already devoted several texts to Jean Calvin, his life and work.

Our present exhibition focuses on his broad-minded views concerning problems in society and the debates following the birth of humanism. It also stresses aspects of his work for the Churches in France, and of his modern way of thinking.

The exhibition focuses on two aspects of Calvin’s work:

• Calvin the letter-writer, spokesman for and defender of the Huguenots;
• Calvin, the author of a treatise against judiciary astrology.