The conquest of the soul : confession, discipline, and public order in Counter-Reformation Milan

The conquest of the soul : confession, discipline, and public order in Counter-Reformation Milan / by Wietse de Boer.

Carlo and Federico Borromeo achieved fame by turning Milan into the foremost laboratory of the Italian Counter-Reformation. This monograph interprets their programme of penitential discipline as a quest to reshape Lombard society by reaching into the souls of its inhabitants.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boer, Wietse de
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.
Series:Studies in medieval and Reformation thought ; v. 84.
Subjects:
Catholic Church. > Archdiocese of Milan (Italy) > History > 16th century.
Catholic Church. > Archdiocese of Milan (Italy) > History > 17th century.
Catholic Church. > Archdiocese of Milan (Italy)
1500-1699
Confession > Catholic Church > History of doctrines.
Counter-Reformation > Italy > Milan Region.
RELIGION > Christianity > Catholic.
Counter-Reformation
Milan Region (Italy) > Church history > 16th century.
Milan Region (Italy) > Church history > 17th century.
Italy > Milan Region
Church history
History
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Description
Summary:Carlo and Federico Borromeo achieved fame by turning Milan into the foremost laboratory of the Italian Counter-Reformation. This monograph interprets their programme of penitential discipline as a quest to reshape Lombard society by reaching into the souls of its inhabitants.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxi, 363 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-347) and indexes.
ISBN:1417545550
9781417545551
9789004117488
9004117482
9047400445
9789047400448
ISSN:0585-6914 ;
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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