Adultery and divorce in Calvin's Geneva / Robert M. Kingdon.

By: Kingdon, Robert M. (Robert McCune), 1927-Series: Harvard historical studies ; v. 118.Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1995Description: ix, 214 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 067400521X (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780674005211 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0674005201 (hard : alk. paper); 9780674005204 (hard : alk. paper)Subject(s): Divorce -- Switzerland -- Geneva -- History -- 16th century | Adultery -- Switzerland -- Geneva -- History -- 16th century | Divorce -- Religious aspects -- Reformed Church -- History -- 16th century | Reformed Church -- Switzerland -- Geneva -- Doctrines -- History -- 16th century | Buitenechtelijke relaties | Echtscheiding | Calvinisme | Geneva (Switzerland) -- Church history | Divorce History | Geneva (Switzerland)Additional physical formats: Online version:: Adultery and divorce in Calvin's Geneva.LOC classification: HQ811 | .K48 1995Other classification: 15.70
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- The institutional matrix -- The Pierre Ameaux case: divorce for adultery and blasphemy -- The Antoine Calvin case: divorce for adultery -- The Jean Bietrix case: forced reconciliation -- Death for adultery -- The Galeazzo Caracciolo case: divorce for religious desertion -- The rationale for divorce: Theodore Beza's treatise.
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Book Book Evangelische Theologische Faculteit Leuven Main Library HQ 811 KING 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 35678000278640

Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-209) and index.

TABLE OF CONTENTS -- The institutional matrix -- The Pierre Ameaux case: divorce for adultery and blasphemy -- The Antoine Calvin case: divorce for adultery -- The Jean Bietrix case: forced reconciliation -- Death for adultery -- The Galeazzo Caracciolo case: divorce for religious desertion -- The rationale for divorce: Theodore Beza's treatise.