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

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...

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