Kingdon, Robert M. (Robert McCune) 1927-

Overview

Works:	173 works in 530 publications in 5 languages and 8,324 library holdings
Genres:	History Church history Sources Criticism, interpretation, etc Festschriften Essays Bibliography Conference papers and proceedings Trials, litigation, etc Controversial literature
Roles:	Author, Editor, Author of introduction, Publishing director, Director, Honoree, Contributor, Compiler

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Most widely held works about Robert M Kingdon

John Calvin, myth and reality : images and impact of Geneva's reformer ; papers of the 2009 Calvin Studies Society colloquium by Calvin Studies Society( Book )
Revisiting Geneva : Robert Kingdon and the coming of the French wars of religion( )
History has many voices( Book )
Kingdon, Robert M( )
[Oral History Program interview with Robert McCune Kingdon, 2006] by Robert M Kingdon( Recording )

An in vivo microscopic study of allografts of bone marrow in the hamster cheek pouch chamber by Patricia A Reed( Book )

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Most widely held works by Robert M Kingdon

Geneva and the consolidation of the French Protestant movement, 1564-1572; a contribution to the history of Congregationalism, Presbyterianism, and Calvinist resistance theory by Robert M Kingdon( Book )

36 editions published in 1967 in English and French and held by 841 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Myths about the St. Bartholomew's Day massacres, 1572-1576 by Robert M Kingdon( Book )

17 editions published between 1987 and 1988 in English and German and held by 703 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Kingdon writes about the reactions to the massacres that were published at the time, showing how the relatively new medium of print was used by the Protestants to shape reaction to the catastrophe an early example of the printing press as an agent of social and political change. The book contributes to an understanding of the history of printed propaganda and the role of myths in historical events, and illuminates important aspects of international diplomacy and political thought during the period of the later Reformation

Transition and revolution : problems and issues of European Renaissance and Reformation history by Robert M Kingdon( Book )

9 editions published between 1974 and 1978 in English and held by 650 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Geneva and the coming of the wars of religion in France, 1555-1563 by Robert M Kingdon( Book )

33 editions published between 1955 and 2007 in English and French and held by 578 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Calvin and Calvinism : sources of democracy? by Robert M Kingdon( Book )

14 editions published between 1970 and 1975 in English and held by 557 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Adultery and divorce in Calvin's Geneva by Robert M Kingdon( Book )

12 editions published between 1994 and 1995 in English and held by 515 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"In Calvin's Geneva, the changes associated with the Reformation were particularly abrupt and far-reaching, in large part owing to John Calvin himself. Adultery and Divorce in Calvin's Geneva makes two major contributions to our understanding of this time. The first is to the history of divorce. The second is in illustrating the operations of the Consistory of Geneva--an institution designed to control in all its variety the behavior of the entire population--which was established at Calvin's insistence in 1541. This mandate came shortly after the city officially adopted Protestantism in 1536, a time when divorce became legally possible for the first time in centuries. Robert Kingdon illustrates the changes that accompanied the earliest Calvinist divorces by examining in depth a few of the most dramatic cases and showing how divorce affected real individuals. He considers first, and in the most detail, divorce for adultery, the best-known grounds for divorce and the best documented. He also covers the only other generally accepted grounds for these early divorces--desertion. The second contribution of the book, to show the work of the Consistory of Geneva, is a first step toward a fuller study of the institution. Kingdon has supervised the first accurate and complete transcription of the twenty-one volumes of registers of the Consistory and has made the first extended use of these materials, as well as other documents that have never before been so fully utilized."--Amazon.ca

The execution of justice in England by William Cecil Burghley( Book )

7 editions published in 1965 in English and held by 514 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sex, marriage, and family in John Calvin's Geneva by John Witte( Book )

16 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 437 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Church and society in Reformation Europe by Robert M Kingdon( Book )

13 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 333 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Regnum, religio et ratio : essays presented to Robert M. Kingdon( Book )

8 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 309 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The political thought of Peter Martyr Vermigli : selected texts and commentary by Pietro Martire Vermigli( Book )

14 editions published in 1980 in English and Latin and held by 254 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Registers of the Consistory of Geneva in the time of Calvin by Robert M Kingdon( Book )

10 editions published in 2000 in English and French and held by 235 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A bibliography of the works of Peter Martyr Vermigli by John Patrick Donnelly( Book )

7 editions published in 1990 in English and held by 229 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

History has many voices( Book )

3 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 215 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Registres du Consistoire de Genève au temps de Calvin( Book )

5 editions published in 1996 in 3 languages and held by 167 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shapers of religious traditions in Germany, Switzerland, and Poland, 1560-1600( )

4 editions published in 1981 in English and held by 161 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Registres de la Compagnie des pasteurs de Genève au temps de Calvin by Compagnie des pasteurs de Genève( Book )

18 editions published between 1962 and 1964 in French and English and held by 145 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Du droit des magistrats by Théodore de Bèze( Book )

15 editions published between 1970 and 1971 in French and English and held by 114 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Question politique : s'il est licite aux subjects de capituler avec leur prince by Jean de Coras( Book )

10 editions published in 1989 in French and Italian and held by 110 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Reforming Geneva : discipline, faith and anger in Calvin's Geneva by Robert M Kingdon( Book )

7 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 79 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Calvinist Reformation is characterized above all by a focus on church discipline enforced by church courts known as consistories. The Geneva consistory served as the model and mother institution throughout the Calvinist world. In this book, Robert M. Kingdon surveys the theoretical underpinnings of the Calvinist emphasis on discipline and how theory was put into practice by John Calvin in Reformation Geneva. Professor Kingdon looks in turn at how the Geneva consistory and the pastors and councilors who staffed it reformed religious practice, religious education and marriage practices. Finally, Robert M. Kingdon uses the emotion of hatred as a lens to examine how Calvin and his colleagues attempted to reform emotions. He delves into the way in which Calvin and his colleagues employed the consistory to attenuate interpersonal hatred, while employing propaganda to whip up interconfessional hatred. Robert M. Kingdon was America's pre-eminent scholar of the Calvinist Reformation. Thomas A. Lambert wrote his doctoral thesis on the Genevan Reformation under Professor Kingdon and has since been his collaborator on a series of critical editions of the Registers of the Geneva Consistory, also published by Droz. Thomas A. Lambert helped Robert Kingdon finish this long-planned work, based on his 1999 Stone Lectures at the Princeton Theological Seminary. A scholar to the end, Kingdon was able to read and approve all substantive changes to this work just three days before his passing in December 2010. This final work from Professor Kingdon deserves a place on the shelf of all Reformation scholars

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