Was John Calvin a Nominalist?

Was John Calvin a Nominalist or a Realist? Does this question even have meaning? What were the primary influences of this theology?

Last year (or was it earlier this year?) I published a three-part series addressing these questions and exploring the nominalist roots of John Calvin’s theology. Here are the links to my articles:

• Was Calvin a Nominalist? Part 1: Historical and Theological Background
• Was Calvin a Nominalist? Part 2: Surveying the Scholarship
• Was Calvin a Nominalist? Part 3: Voluntarism, Nominalism and the Theology of Calvin