The Transformation of the Laity in Bergamo, 1265-c.1400 (Medieval Mediterranean, #63)

by Roisin Cossar

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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 to depend on their gender and social status during the fourteenth century. At the same time, she argues that all lay people, regardless of gender and social status, viewed themselves as equal members of a lay ordo. The book thus illuminates the complexity of late medieval religious culture, as it simultaneously reflected and challenged secular social values.
  • ISBN10 9004152229
  • ISBN13 9789004152229
  • Publish Date 30 June 2006 (first published 1 January 2006)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country NL
  • Imprint Brill