The Pope's Swiss Guard
The Swiss Guard has become synonymous with the Vatican. A wealth of history surrounds its intimate association with the Pope and his government.
Feb 6, 2011
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Duane Jackson
The Most Expensive School in the World
Institut Le Rosey, in Switzerland, is the boarding school that the elite of the elite chooses to go.
Mar 16, 2010
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Dimitra Rizou
Culture and History in the Rumantsch Language
Although it is spoken by only a small number of people in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, the Rumantsch language still remains an important part of linguistic history.
Jan 20, 2010
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Susan Huebert
Michael Servetus and an Uneasy Peace
The Spanish thinker was burnt alive in Calvin's Geneva in 1553. As Calvin's 500th birthday festivities wind down, some believe Servet got yet another raw deal.
Oct 28, 2009
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Gail Mangold-Vine
John Calvin Comes to Geneva
Even though the Protestant Reformation arrived in what is now Switzerland in the 1520s with reformer Ulrich Zwingli, John Calvin usually gets all the credit.
May 15, 2008
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Lorri Brown
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Michael Manning -
' The best lack all conviction while the worst are full of passionate intensity' W.B.Yeats