ISBN:
9780333618448
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (340 p.)
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Hudon, William V. [Rezension von: Black, Christopher F., Church, Religion and Society in Early Modern Italy] 2006
Parallel Title:
Print version Church, Religion and Society in Early Modern Italy
DDC:
274.5/06
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Christopher F. Black assesses the nature and extent of church reform demands within Sixteenth Century Italy, then concentrates on religious society after the supposed watershed of the Council of Trent (1546 63), through the Seventeenth Century. Black considers structural reform through dioceses and parishes, changes in parish life, religious education, the pursuit of 'good works', and attempts at enthusiastic persuasion via church environment, art, music and festivities. Two controversial issues, the Inquisition's role and the stricter enclosure of nuns, receive special attention
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Maps; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; The Early Modern Popes; 1 Religious Crises and Challenges in Early Sixteenth-Century Italy; 2 The Council of Trent and Bases for Continuing Reform; 3 Centre and Peripheries: The Papacy, Congregations, Religious Orders; 4 Episcopal Leadership; 5 Parish Priests and Parishioners; 6 Religious Education; 7 Confraternities, Hospitals and Philanthropy; 8 Nunneries and Religious Women; 9 Repression and Control; 10 Churches, Cultural Enticement and Display; 11 Conclusions: Successes and Failures
Description / Table of Contents:
Appendix: The Italian BishopricsNotes; A Brief Reading Guide; Bibliography; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
