16. Human rights: John Calvin – Foundation stones of freedoms for Europe (1500s)

Hear how an objective basis for common law, and a belief in the rights and freedoms of common people came about in Geneva – affecting Europe so much that Calvin is widely recognised as the most influential thinker in the shaping of modern life in Europe!

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15. Human rights: The Magna Carta – The Great Charter of Freedoms (AD 1215)
17. Human rights: John Knox - Religious freedom in Scotland (1500s)

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