The Boys of the Archangel Raphael : : A Youth Confraternity in Florence, 1411-1785 / / Konrad Eisenbichler.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Eisenbichler, Konrad,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (498 p.)

Confraternities and their contribution to the fabric of society have become invisible history for us today. Although their activities began in the Renaissance and continued until the end of the Enlightenment, confraternities have not yet found a place in the standard histories of the period, or even in the histories of religion or of the Church.With The Boys of the Archangel Raphael, Konrad Eisenbichler brings to light the daily life and history of one such organization from its founding in 1411 to its final suppression in 1785. While focusing on the Compagnia dell'Arcangelo Raffaello, the first confraternity to be established in Florence, the author also discusses other, similar organizations. By constantly comparing developments across several confraternities, the book provides us with insight into the entire phenomenon of premodern lay religious associations for youths.The study is firmly grounded on archival and contemporary documents, and covers a variety of fields of interest: social history, church history, the history of childhood, and the history of art, literature, and music. The Boys of the Archangel Raphael will be the authoritative work on youth confraternities for years to come.Winner of the Howard R. Marraro Prize of the American Catholic Historical Association.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Boys in Hoods -- 1. A City of Confraternities -- 2. The Founding of the Arcangelo Raffaello and the Development of Youth Confraternities in Florence -- 3. At the Ospedale della Scala (1430S-1530) -- 4. Prelates, Princes, and Priors -- 5. The Move to Santa Maria Novella -- 6. Rebirth -- 7. The Confraternity and the Post-Tridentine Church -- 8. Statutes and Administrative Structures -- 9. Membership -- 10. The Teaching of Christian Doctrine -- 11. Religious Rituals -- 12. Confraternity Feasts and Devotions -- 13. Processions -- 14. Sermons at the Arcangelo Raffaello -- 15. Fun and Games -- 16. Theatre in the Confraternity -- 17. Theatre in the Seventeenth Century -- 18. Music in the Confraternity -- 19. Art in the Confraternity -- 20. The Obsequies for Grand Duke Cosimo II -- 21. The Final Years -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- Notes -- Bibliography of Manuscript Sources Cited -- Bibliography of Published Works Cited -- Index