Civic Christianity in Renaissance Italy: The Hospital of Treviso, 1400-1530

by David M. D'Andrea

A compelling examination of how a religious brotherhood administered charity in its local community and acted as mediator between provincial elites and the early modern state.

Civic Christianity in Renaissance Italy explores the often subtle and sometimes harsh realities of life on the Venetian mainland. Focusing on the confraternity of Santa Maria dei Battuti and its Ospedale, the book addressesa number of well-established and newly articulated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580462391
• ISBN13: 9781580462396
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.2" x 6.3"