Geneva Around this time, the House of Savoy came to at least nominally dominate the city. In the 15th century, an oligarchic republican government emerged with the creation of the Grand Council. In the first half of the 16th century, the Protestant Reformation reached the city, causing religious strife, during which Savoy rule was thrown off and Geneva allied itself with the Swiss Confederacy. In 1541, with Protestantism on the rise, John Calvin, the founder of Calvinism, became the spiritual leader of the city and established the Republic of Geneva. By the 18th century, Geneva had come under the influence of
The City Put the Country Back in Me The City Put the Country Back in Me "The City Put the Country Back in Me" is a song written by Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis and Michael Huffman, and recorded by American country music artist Neal McCoy. It was released in July 1994 as the third single from his album "No Doubt About It". The song reached number 5 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and number 11 on the "RPM" Country Tracks chart in Canada. Deborah Evans Price, of "Billboard" magazine reviewed the song, calling it a "lightweight effort, a sassy brassy tale of a