Communities of Devotion
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alba
Alba Iulia
Author_Maria Craciun
basilian
Basilian Monks
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clergy
Collegium Germanicum
confessional identities
Congregatio De Propaganda Fide
De Cevins
Din Transilvania
Early Modern East Central Europe
early modern east central Europe religion
East Central Europe
east-central
Episcopal Residence
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europe
Ferdinand III
Franciscan Friary
Holy Trinity Monastery
iulia
Jesuit activities
Kaiser Maximilian II
late
Late Medieval
Late Medieval Hungary
lay religious practice
Lower Austrian Government
medieval
mendicant influence
Monastery Commission
monastic reform movements
monks
Observant Franciscans
Pietas Austriaca
Pilgrimage Practice
Rosary Confraternity
secular
Secular Clergy
Tridentine Catholicism
Uniate Church
Viennese Court
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780754663126
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jul 2011
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Between the later middle ages and the eighteenth century, religious orders were in the vanguard of reform movements within the Christian church. Recent scholarship on medieval Europe has emphasised how mendicants exercised a significant influence on the religiosity of the laity by actually shaping their spirituality and piety. In a similar way for the early modern period, religious orders have been credited with disseminating Tridentine reform, training new clergy, gaining new converts and bringing those who had strayed back into the fold. Much about this process, however, still remains unknown, particularly with regards to east central Europe. Exploring the complex relationship between western monasticism and lay society in east central Europe across a broad chronological timeframe, this collection provides a re-examination of the level and nature of interaction between members of religious orders and the communities around them. That the studies in this collection are all located in east central Europe - Transylvania, Hungary, Austria, and Bohemia- fulfils a second key aim of the volume: the examination of clerical and lay piety in a region of Europe almost entirely ignored by western scholarship. As such the volume provides an important addition to current scholarship, showcasing fresh research on a subject and region on which little has been published in English. The volume further contributes to the reintegration of eastern and western European history, expanding the existing parameters of scholarly discourse into late medieval and early modern religious practice and piety.
Dr Maria Craciun, University of Cluj, Romania and Dr Elaine Fulton, University of Birmingham, UK
