Consistory and Youth Surveillance in the Republic of Geneva

The Case of Games (16th-18th Centuries)

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ID3406583
AuthorsBaptiste Werly (0009-0004-4554-3487, University of Geneva, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume15
Issue11
Pages1289
Publication date2024-10-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel15111289
OpenAlexW4403637485
LanguageEN
References cited19

This article explores the theme of youth gaming in the Calvinist Republic of Geneva. This investigation is largely based on disciplinary cases found in the registers of the Consistory of Geneva. Legislative sources, and the registers of the Pastor's Company and the Small Council, are also used herein. This study, deliberately placed at the crossroads of the history of games, childhood, and Calvinist-style ecclesiastical discipline, aims to shed light on the Consistory's policy of controlling play activities, and to understand what was at stake. The author defends the idea that the surveillance and control of games played by children was intended to prevent them from straying from their religious education, but also to protect them from the excesses and dangers of abusive play and immoderate behavior (violence, lost money, insults, etc

Ancient history · Geography · Political science · History · Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education · Sports, Gender, and Society

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