The Inside of History

Jean Henri Merle d''Aubign Genevan historian of Christianity offered Protestants in post-French revolutionary Europe historical reflections on the origins of their religious and political organizations. Best known for his 13-volume history of the Reformation Merle d''Aubign''s popularity was without rival in the middle third of the 19th century. Roney argues that Merle d''Aubign must be seen as an important historian who promoted new historical methods developed in German historical schools and the Romantic study of history. He used contemporary concepts such as liberty and conscience to explain the important place of Christianity in Western Civilization.