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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Main Author: Boer, Wietse de
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.
Series:Studies in medieval and Reformation thought ; v. 84.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Abbreviations; List of Figures, Table and Illustrations; PART ONE STRATEGIES; PART TWO ADVANCES AND RETREATS; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Indices.