Reforming priests and parishes : Tuscan dioceses in the first century of seminary education / by Kathleen M. Comerford.

"Reforming Priests and Pastors" consists of case studies of diocesan seminaries in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the Republic of Lucca from 1563-1660s. The major cases are Arezzo, Siena, Volterra and Lucca, and the dioceses and institutions are examined in their financial, educational, an...

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Main Author: Comerford, Kathleen M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.
Series:Education and society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance ; v. 27.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • LIST OF MAPS AND CHARTS
  • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  • PREFACE
  • CHAPTER ONE EARLY MODERN TUSCANY: THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SETTING
  • CHAPTER TWO EARLY MODERN PRIESTS IN SELECTED TUSCAN DIOCESES: EXPECTATIONS AND REALITIES
  • CHAPTER THREE THE DIOCESE AND SEMINARY OF AREZZO
  • CHAPTER FOUR THE ARCHDIOCESE AND SEMINARY OF SIENA
  • CHAPTER FIVE THE DIOCESE AND SEMINARY OF VOLTERRA
  • CHAPTER SIX THE ARCHDIOCESE AND SEMINARY OF LUCCA
  • CHAPTER SEVEN CONTEXT: THREE OTHER TUSCAN DIOCESES AND SEMINARIES
  • CHAPTER EIGHT CONCLUSION
  • WORKS CONSULTED
  • INDEX.