{"product_id":"a-peoples-church-9781501716768","title":"A Peoples Church","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA People''s Church\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e brings together a distinguished international group of historians to provide a sweeping introduction to Christian religious life and institutions in medieval Italy.\u003c\/b\u003e Each essay treats a single theme as broadly as possible, highlighting both the unique aspects of medieval Christianity on the Italian peninsula and the beliefs and practices it shared with other Christian societies. Because of its long tradition of communal self-governance, Christianity in medieval Italy, perhaps more than anywhere else, was truly a people''s church. At the same time, its exceptional urban wealth and literacy rates, along with its rich and varied intellectual and artistic culture, led to diverse forms of religious devotion and institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors: Maria Pia Alberzoni on heresy; Frances Andrews on urban religion; Cécile Caby on monasticism; Giovanna Casagrande on mendicants; George Dameron on Florence; Antonella Degl''Innocenti on saints; Marina Gazzini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. A View of the Historiography\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Papacy and Italian Politics\u003cbr\u003e 3. Bishops\u003cbr\u003e 4. Pievi and the Care of Souls\u003cbr\u003e 5. Monasticism\u003cbr\u003e 6. Lay Confraternities\u003cbr\u003e 7. Clerical Confraternities\u003cbr\u003e 8. Mendicants\u003cbr\u003e 9. Saints\u003cbr\u003e 10. Heresy\u003cbr\u003e 11. Urban Religion\u003cbr\u003e 12. Case Study I: Florence\u003cbr\u003e 13. Case Study 2: Naples\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409328972119,"sku":"9781501716768","price":97.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501716768.jpg?v=1730506440","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-peoples-church-9781501716768","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}