The Transformation of the Laity in Bergamo, 1265-C.1400

by Roisin Cossar

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004152229
• ISBN13: 9789004152229
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.