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The Politics of Ritual Kinship

Confraternities and Social Order in Early Modern Italy

by Nicholas Terpstra

  • Paperback
  • 332 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.9 cm

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For scholars and enthusiasts of European history

Explains the role of confraternities in social order

You will understand Italy's cultural development better

This book delves into the impact of confraternities on early modern Italian society.

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Confraternities were the most common form of organized religious life in medieval and early modern Europe. They were at once the lay face of the church, the spiritual heart of civic government, and the social kin who claimed the allegiance of peers and the obedience of subordinates. In this collection, fifteen scholars examine the development of confraternities in Italy, where they emerged first and had the greatest impact. Individual essays explore a common set of themes across Italy from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries: the ubiquity of confraternities, social construction, and devotional ethos; their ritual culture and civic religion; their antagonistic and collaborative relations with both civic and ecclesiastical authorities; and their role in social welfare and social control of marginal groups. The authors demonstrate how the ritual kinship expressed in confraternities emerged in the Middle Ages and became a powerful force in 'civilizing' early modern Italian society.
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  • Author

    Nicholas Terpstra

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    July 2007

  • Weight

    486g

  • Page Count

    332

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521038003

  • ISBN-10

    0521038006

  • Eden Code

    1192173

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