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Sex, Marriage, and Family in John Calvin's Geneva. Volume 1: Courtship, Engagement, and Marriage

From: The Catholic Historical Review  |  Date: 7/1/2006  |  Author: Watt, Jeffrey R

Sex, Marriage, and Family in John Calvin's Geneva. Volume 1: Courtship, Engagement, and Marriage. Edited by John Witte, Jr., and Robert M. Kingdon. [Religion, Marriage and Family.] (Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 2005. Pp. xxxii, 512. $32.00.)

John Witte and Robert Kingdon have compiled a very interesting and useful coEection of primary sources pertaining to marriage in Calvin's Geneva. They have culled fascinating information on marriage and the control of matrimony ...

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