A People's Church : : Medieval Italy and Christianity, 1050–1300 / / ed. by Neslihan Şenocak, Agostino Paravicini Bagliani.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
• MitwirkendeR: Alberzoni, Maria Pia,; Andrews, Frances,; Caby, Cécile,; Casagrande, Giovanna,; Dameron, George,; Degl’Innocenti, Antonella,; Gazzini, Marina,; Miller, Maureen C.,; Paravicini Bagliani, Agostino,; Rigon, Antonio,; Silanos, Pietro,; Vitolo, Giovanni,; Şenocak, Neslihan Ş,; Şenocak, Neslihan,
• HerausgeberIn: Paravicini Bagliani, Agostino,; Şenocak, Neslihan,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (444 p.) :; 2 b&w halftones

A People's Church brings together a distinguished international group of historians to provide a sweeping introduction to Christian religious life and institutions in medieval Italy. Each essay treats a single theme as broadly as possible, highlighting both the unique aspects of medieval Christianity on the Italian peninsular and the beliefs and practices it shared other Christian societies. Because of its long tradition of communal self-governance, Christianity in medieval Italy, perhaps more than anywhere else, was truly a "people's church." At the same time, its exceptional urban wealth and literacy rates, along with its rich and varied intellectual and artistic culture, led to diverse forms of religious devotion and institutions.Contributors: Maria Pia Alberzoni on heresy; Frances Andrews on urban religion; Cécile Caby on monasticism; Giovanna Casagrande on mendicants; George Dameron on Florence; Antonella degl'Innocenti on saints; Marina Gazzini on lay confraternities; Maureen C. Miller on bishops; Agostino Paravicini Bagliani and Pietro Silanos on the papacy and Italian politics; Antonio Rigon on clerical confraternities; Neslihan Şenocak on the pievi and care of souls; Giovanni Vitolo on Naples.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Names -- Chapter 1 A View of the Historiography -- Chapter 2 The Papacy and Italian Politics -- Chapter 3 Bishops -- Chapter 4 Pievi and the Care of Souls -- Chapter 5 Monasticism -- Chapter 6 Lay Confraternities -- Chapter 7 Clerical Confraternities -- Chapter 8 Mendicants -- Chapter 9 Saints -- Chapter 10 Heresy -- Chapter 11 Urban Religion -- Chapter 12 Case Study I Florence -- Chapter 13 Case Study II Naples -- Contributors -- Index