Civic Christianity in renaissance Italy : the Hospital of Treviso, 1400-1530
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Civic Christianity in renaissance Italy : the Hospital of Treviso, 1400-1530
(Changing perspectives in early modern Europe)
University of Rochester Press, 2007
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-208) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A compelling examination of how a religious brotherhood administered charity in its local community and acted as mediator between provincial elites and the early modern state.
Civic Christianity in Renaissance Italy explores the often subtle and sometimes harsh realities of life on the Venetian mainland. Focusing on the confraternity of Santa Maria dei Battuti and its Ospedale, the book addressesa number of well-established and newly articulated historiographical questions: the governance of territorial states, the civic and religious role of confraternities, the status of women and marginalized groups, and popular religious devotion. Adapting the objectives and methods of microhistory, D'Andrea has written neither a traditional history of political subjugation nor a straightforward survey of poor relief. Instead, thematic chapters survey the activities of a powerful religious brotherhood [Santa Maria dei Battuti] and document the interconnected local, regional, and international factors that fashioned the social world of Venetian subjects.
Grounded in previously unexplored archival material, the book is an innovative study of the nexus between local religion and Venetian territorial power, providing scholars with this first scholarly monograph of the city that served as the keystone of Venice's mainland empire. This original approach to the critical relationship between provincial powers and the central government also contributes to other important areas of historical inquiry, including the history of popular religion, poor relief, medicine, and education.
David D'Andrea is Associate Professor of History at Oklahoma State University.
Table of Contents
The City of God
The Confraternal Family
The Bonds and Bounds of Charity
Medical Care and Public Health
Instruction for This Life and the Next
Crisis and Reform
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