Introduction

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. A Note on Currency xv
6. Introduction 1
7. Part One: Rural and Urban Virgins
8. 1. Rural Marian Shrines in Late-Medieval Italy 21
9. 2. Plague, Emotions, and Marian Devotion in Late-Medieval Recanati 41
10. Part Two: The Local Marian Community
11. 3. The Power of Notaries and Public Trust 69
12. 4. Household Marian Devotion as Lineage Construction 86
13. Part Three: The Urban Vanguard
14. 5. Widows and Ancestral Obligation 113
15. 6. Migrant Communities at Loreto 133
16. Part Four: Elite Co-optation
17. 7. Consolidation of Papal Power after the Schism 153
18. Conclusion 172
19. Appendix: Plague and Population Morbidity in Recanati, 1360–1410 179
20. Bibliography 181
21. Index 205