Aug 29, 2012 · Confraternities were the lay face of the Renaissance and early modern Catholic Church. Present in every city, village, and parish, these voluntary groups had millions of male …

By 1350, Florence counted around thirty-three; a century later the number had tripled, incorporating virtually every adult male. By the fifteenth century, all male citizens in the Tuscan …

The Florentine Compagnia di San Luca was established according to the model of the above lay confraternities that brought together the faithful for religious devotions and to promote mutual aid.

Jun 22, 1994 · The laudesi companies were founded in the thirteenth century at several Florentine monastic churches to serve as focal points for lay devotion, much like the better known …

Oct 2, 2009 · The conservatory and the orphanage were institutions largely new to the sixteenth century. These lay–directed hostels surrounded orphaned and abandoned girls and boys with …

confraternities, those with the largest membership and greatest renown during the eighteenth century, produced performances of oratorios during a brief burst of activity that had a long …

Florence's confraternities serve as a vehicle for examining the relationship between ritual behavior and social organization. The text discusses the ways in which Florentines use forms of ritual to …

Oct 1, 2005 · Polizzotto's institutional history of the Florentine confraternity of the Purification documents the important role of these societies in the education and socialization of Florentine …

Feb 24, 1995 · In Florence, as in some other Italian cities, the two most common broad types of late-medieval confraternity were the laudesi and the flagellants. While the former convened, in …

Jan 1, 1999 · Home / Archives / Vol. 10 No. 1 (1999) / Articles Florentine confraternities, society, and lay-religious life in the sixteenth century — A Work in Progress

Publisher’s summary: Confraternities were the most common form of organized religious life in medieval and early modern Europe. They were at once the lay face of the church, the spiritual …

Jun 22, 1997 · The last fifteen to twenty years have witnessed a phenomenal growth in the study of medieval and Renaissance confraternities, those lay religious associations that pervaded …

Late sixteenth-century Florentine art, especially works commissioned by confraternities, has begun to emerge from scholarly limbo. Among these reassessments, this book by Douglas N. …

well to confraternities, which, like Alberti's republics, were founded, in part, to foster community. But community of what kind? The. and the sense of community found in Florentine …

Mar 17, 2025 · These convents were Le Vergini in Venice, Le Murate in Florence, and San Cosimato in Rome. ... She came from a noble Florentine family and entered the convent when …

This book delves into three key decorative programs installed in Florentine confraternal spaces during the late 16th century, focusing on the works commissioned by the archbishop of …