Via Calvini : unlocking the enigma of john Calvin's impact -- John Calvin : the mystery of his impact -- Toward the recovery of the historical Calvin : redrawing the map of Reformation Europe -- Initia Calvini : the matrix of Calvin's Reformation -- Subita conversio : the conversion of john Calvin -- The pursuit of happiness : Calvin between Humanism and Reformation -- Europa afflicta : the Reformation of the refugees -- Calvin and Farel : the dynamics of legitimation in early Calvinism