The Transformation of the Laity in Bergamo, 1265-C.1400
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This book examines the tension between social mores and religious activities among the laity in the Italian diocese of Bergamo during the later Middle Ages (1265-c.1400). Comparing the religious activities of lay men and women, both rich and poor, across a range of pious and ecclesiastical institutions, including confraternities, hospitals, parishes and the diocese, Roisin Cossar shows how the laity's access to these institutions increasingly came to depend on their gender and social status during the fourteenth century. At the same time, she argues that all lay people, regardless of gender and social status, viewed themselves as equal members of a lay ordo. The book thus illuminates the complexity of late medieval religious culture, as it simultaneously reflected and challenged secular social values.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:9004152229
ISBN13:9789004152229
Release Date:June 2006
Publisher:Brill
Length:248 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
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