Noted for a period of intense austerity and religious fervor during the mid-1500s, for 10 points, name this Swiss city run by occasional violent menace John Calvin.
A pivotal period in this city's history was prefaced by the abolishment of the Council of 60, which was caught between the Council of 200 and the "Little Council." Henry II's Edict of Chateaubriand severely restricted this city's commercial efforts while simultaneously flooding it with impoverished immigrants. A series of moderately tense standoffs over playing cards dominated this city's politics under an administration backed by the Berthelier family, who had helped throw out the House of (*) Savoy. William Farrell facilitated the rise of one of this city's most notable leaders, who responded to the presence of the author of Two Books of Dialogues on the Trinity, Michael Servetus, by lighting him on fire for having dared to annotate copies of The Institutes of the Christian Religion. Noted for a period of intense austerity and religious fervor during the mid-1500s, for 10 points, name this Swiss city run by occasional violent menace John Calvin.
A pivotal period in this city's history was prefaced by the abolishment of the Council of 60, which was caught between the Council of 200 and the "Little Council."
{Geneva}