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Italian Confraternities in the Sixteenth Century

[Hardback]

by Christopher F. Black

    • Author

      Christopher F. Black

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Cambridge University Press

    • Published

      June 1989

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      Italian Confraternities in the Sixteenth Century

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      Confraternities were - and are - religious brotherhoods for lay people to promote their religious life in common. Though designed to prepare for the afterlife, they were fully involved in the social, political and cultural life of the community and could affect all men and women, as members or as the recipients of charity. Confraternities organised a great range of devotional, cultural and indeed artistic activities in addition to other functions such as the provision of dowries and the escort of condemned men to the scaffold. Other works have studied the local activities of specific confraternities, but this is the first to attempt a broad survey of such organisations across the breadth of early modern Italy. Christopher Black demonstrates clearly the extent, diversity and influence of confraternal behaviour, and shows how such brotherhoods adapted to the religious and social crises of the sixteenth century - thus illuminating current debates about Catholic Reform, the Counter-Reformation, poverty, philanthropy and social control.

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      • Author

        Christopher F. Black

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        Cambridge University Press

      • Published

        June 1989

      • Weight

        663g

      • Page Count

        336

      • Dimensions

        153 x 229 x 23 mm

      • ISBN

        9780521364874

      • ISBN-10

        0521364876

      • Eden Code

        4532569

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      • Author/Creator: Christopher F. Black

      • ISBN: 9780521364874

      • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

      • Release Date: June 1989

      • Weight: 663g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 23 mm

      • Eden Code: 4532569


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