Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 478 Seiten)
,
Karten
ISBN:
9789004404397
Series Statement:
Brill's companions to the Christian tradition volume 96
Content:
Reforming Geneva. Government and political life during an age of transition (1451-1603) / Mathieu Caesar -- Ministry. 'Where today are the widows who have this honorable office?' Calvin, the diaconate, and Women / Elsie Anne McKee -- Education, discipline, and control. Torture and punishment in Reformation Geneva / Sara Beam -- Relationships and developments. Geneva, Zurich, and the Swiss Reformed Churches / Peter Opitz.
Content:
"A Companion to the Reformation in Geneva describes the course of the Protestant Reformation in the city of Geneva from the 16th to the 18th centuries. It seeks to explore the beginnings of reform in the city, the struggles the reformers encountered when seeking to teach, minister to, educate, and discipline the inhabitants of Geneva, and the methods employed to overcome these obstacles. It examines Geneva's relations with nearby cities and how Geneva handled the influx of immigrants from France"--
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004371576
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe A companion to the Reformation in Geneva Leiden : Brill, 2021 ISBN 9789004371576
Language:
English
Keywords:
Genf
;
Reformation
;
Kirchengeschichte
DOI:
10.1163/9789004404397
Author information:
Balserak, Jon 1964-
