ABSTRACT
Montauban's adoption of the Reformed faith made it part of a wider, international movement. One of the defining characteristics of Calvinism was its ability to spread to different corners of Europe. Historians have long recognized the importance of the great international Calvinist centres such as Geneva that provided sustenance to this new mass movement in the form of books and trained ministers.! However, as the movement rapidly expanded across Europe, these international churches found themselves quickly losing their grip on the direction of the Calvinist movement. The failure to meet the flood of demands from emerging churches meant that Reformed churches across Europe increasingly relied upon their own initiatives and resources to sustain and consolidate their new churches.
