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

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Currency, Names, and Translations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART ONE CONFRATERNITIES AND HOSPITALS -- Chapter One: Religious Solidarity and Civic Power: Confraternities in Bergamo -- Chapter Two: She Offers Herself and Her Belongings: Hospitals in Bergamo -- PART TWO CHARITY AND CHURCH -- Chapter Three: Alms for the Poor! Confraternal Charity and the Poor -- Chapter Four: You Do and Say Evil! Lay Men, Women, and the Clergy -- PART THREE WRITTEN RELIGION -- Chapter Five: Testaments, Gender, and Religious Culture -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index -- THE MEDIEVAL MEDITERRANEAN.

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), employing a range of archival sources to illuminate the complexity of late medieval religious culture.

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