The Politics of Ritual Kinship: Confraternities and Social Order in Early Modern Italy
Nicholas Terpstra
Between the twelfth and the eighteenth centuries Italians frequently joined "confraternities" that made them symbolic brothers and sisters to one another. These kin groups launched extensive charitable programs, directed civic and religious rituals, and socialized members in class and gender roles. These essays examine how medieval religious and political values shaped early ritual kinship, how sixteenth-century social change and religious reform transformed confraternities, and how these altered groups became key agents in achieving the more rigid social order of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Năm:
1999
Nhà xuát bản:
Cambridge University Press
Ngôn ngữ:
english
Trang:
331
ISBN 10:
0511523491
ISBN 13:
9780521621854
Loạt:
Cambridge Studies in Italian History and Culture
File:
PDF, 6.86 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1999