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- As Calvin's ideas gained influence throughout
Europe especially in the late 1540's + early
1550's, many religious refugees from
France, England + Italy began to arrive
in Geneva. Not only would the city offer
them asylum from their enemies, it would
allow them to absorb Calvin;s ideas + methods
at firsthand. Every refugee was a potential
Protestant missionary to his country of origin.
-In 1587 Arthur Golding set out to develop
a new English technical vocabulary capable of
meeting the growing needs of the arts + sciences
which drew on Anglo-Saxon rather than classical
roots. In every case, the classical alternative
would pass into general use despite Golding's
vigorous regard action. His mere words
failed to catch on within the increasingly classically
minded community.