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Calvin's Geneva

By: Tom Bloomer

Geneva was a wild town during the middle ages. With more inns per capita than any other city of its time, the city was full of petty criminals, political refugees, spies and sailors from Lake Geneva. Drunkenness was common, and the houses of prostitution did a good business. Geneva was called the smelliest city in Europe.

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