Abstract
AbstractThe Protestant Reformation set in motion a series of largely unintended revolutions, running from the sudden transformation of European geopolitics and political thought, through the formation of the modern nation‐state, and down to the reshaping of families and the ideals of individuality. Martin Luther (1483–1546), a German, and Jean Calvin (1509–64), a Frenchman, were the leading figures around which Reformation political thought, Reformation churches, and Protestant states and societies took their bearings.