| The Transformation of the Laity in Bergamo, 1265-C.1400 Contributor(s): Cossar, Roisin (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004152229 ISBN-13: 9789004152229 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $156.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2006 Annotation: 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), employing a range of archival sources to illuminate the complexity of late medieval religious culture. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 282.452 |
| Series: Medieval Mediterranean |
| Physical Information: 248 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |