The Reformation by Roberts Liardon

Roberts Liardon tells us that after a week’s worth of negotiating, a truce was declared. While a truce was agreed upon, the conditions were still unresolved. The Protestants began wrecking more monasteries, overthrowing altars, and burning images while the monks and priests helplessly watched. City after city became subject to this kind of looting. Knox [...]

Was It All a Mistake? by Roberts Liardon

Roberts Liardon tells us that Elizabeth I and her adviser knew that Knox was with Calvin, so they wrote Calvin, questioning him about First Blast. He vehemently denied having any association with the book or its contents, and he had it banned from the city of Geneva. Did Knox make a mistake in writing it? [...]

History’s Shady Mark: Mrs. Anne Locke by Roberts Liardon

Roberts Liardon tells us that in Geneva, Knox found himself in the midst of some of the greatest minds of the Reformation. But he also found himself surrounded by women. Not only did he have his wife and Mrs. Bowes, but a host of other women had also taken to him, and daily he received [...]