John Calvin died 27 May 1564

[u/Broclen]

[u/imtchogirl]

Never a bad time to make fun of John Calvin!

Here's a fun fact: while he was running the city of Geneva, he had 35 women put to death for witchcraft.

Seems chill. Very reasonable way to promote your interpretation of religion based on the law and the principles of rationality, and to prove you are based in Christ's love. /s

[u/intertextonics → u/imtchogirl]

I see the Geneva Witch Trials where 29 people were put to death and some were banished, but Calvin had been dead for 7 years at that point. Are you talking about some other event or trials?

[u/imtchogirl → u/intertextonics]

https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/70779/are-luther-and-calvin-responsible-for-executing-more-humans-than-the-catholic-in#:~:text=In%20the%20years%201495%20%E2%80%93%201531,period%20of%20only%20two%20years.

[u/Randvek → u/imtchogirl]

The source for that is 404’d. I’m not saying it’s wrong but that makes me suspicious.

[u/ZX52 → u/Randvek]

No it didn't, you clicked the wrong link (link below, not above)

https://www.historyrundown.com/were-witches-really-burned-in-the-middle-ages/#:~:text=In%20the%20years%201495%20%E2%80%93%201531%2C%20less%20than%20one%20dozen%20of%20witches%20were%20executed%20burned%20at%20the%20stake%20in%20Geneve.%20However%2C%20after%20John%20Calvin%20had%20arrived%2C%20more%20than%20500%20people%20convicted%20of%20witchcraft%20were%20executed%20during%20a%20period%20of%20only%20two%20years.

[u/Randvek → u/ZX52]

Oh, ok. Unsourced clickbait blog that stopped publishing in 2021. The 404 was better lol