ISBN:
9780754698999
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0754698998
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0754667375
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9780754667377
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9780754667377
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 273 pages
Series Statement:
Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700
DDC:
306.83
Keywords:
Geschichte 1450-1650
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Kinship
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Sponsors
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family
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Christentum
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Geschichte
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Religion
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Sponsors History
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Kinship Religious aspects
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Christianity
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Kinship History
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Taufe
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Katholizismus
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Patenschaft
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Italien
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Italien
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Electronic books
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Italien
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Patenschaft
;
Taufe
;
Katholizismus
;
Geschichte 1450-1650
Note:
Series from jacket. - "Original title: Padri, padrini, patroni. La parentela spirituale nella storia, Marsilio, Venice 2007"--Title page verso
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Godparenthood and spiritual kinship : the origins of a distinctive social institution -- Godparents and compari between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries : a wide variety of local customs -- Godparenthood, literature, and family records; from perception to interpretation -- Godparenthood in the sixteenth century : from the Reformation to the Council of Trent -- The application of the decrees of the Council; resistance and compromise : three lines of enquiry -- The social impact of the reform -- Newborn babies and spiritual kinship : equal opportunities or discrimination? -- Godfathers and godmothers : the case of Ivrea -- Godparenthood as an instrument of social alliance -- Godparenthood from the seventeenth century to the present day : a history of decline?
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In medieval Europe baptism did not merely represent a solemn and public recognition of the 'natural' birth of a child, but was regarded as a second, 'spiritual birth', within a social group often different from the child's blood relations: a spiritual family, composed of godfathers and godmothers. Exploring the changing theological and social nature of spiritual kinship and godparenthood between 1450 and 1650, this book explores how these medieval concepts were developed and utilised by the Catholic Church in an era of reform and challenge. It demonstrates how such ties continued to be of majo
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