Front cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Illustr ation -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Consistory Encounters Resistance -- Chapter 2: The Push for Religious Uniformity -- Chapter 3: Educating and Disciplining the Young -- Chapter 4: Controlling Lust and Regulating Marriage -- Chapter 5: Superstitions, Magic, and Witchcraft -- Chapter 6: Promoting the Industrious and Sober Lifestyle -- Chapter 7: Con icts, Reconciliation, and the Confession of Sins -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliogr aphy -- Index.
Summary
Examines the most successful institution of social discipline in Reformation Europe: the Consistory of Geneva during the time of John Calvin.
