Domestic Devotions in Early Modern Italy

This volume illuminates the vibrancy of religious beliefs and practices which profoundly shaped family life in this era. Drawing on a wide range of sources, it affirms the central place of the household to Catholic spirituality.

About the author

Maya Corry is College Lecturer in Early Modern History at Oriel College, University of Oxford. She works at the intersection of history and the history of art, and has published on gender, religion, the body and Leonardo.
Marco Faini is Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow at the Universities of Venice and Toronto. He was Andrew W. Mellon Fellow at Villa I Tatti. The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies and Research Associate at the Department of Italian, University of Cambridge.
Alessia Meneghin is Ahmanson Fellow at Villa I Tatti. The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence. She has published a monograph on the Misericordie, and many articles on the Arti Minori, and on Renaissance Florentine economy and society.

Product details

• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.11.2018
• EAN: 9789004342569
• ISBN: 978-90-04-34256-9
• No. of pages: 468
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 998 g
• Series: Intersections
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work