conquest of the soul : Confession, discipline, and public order in Counter-Reformation Milan.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures, Table and Illustrations -- PART ONE STRATEGIES -- Introduction to Part One -- Chapter One Asserting Hierarchy: The Clergy and the Early Counter-Reformation -- Chapter Two Discipline of the Soul: Confession, Conversion, Coercion -- Chapter Three Constraints of the Body: The Confessional and Church Design -- Chapter Four The Politics of Civility: Federico Borromeo and The Later Counter-Reformation -- PART TWO ADVANCES AND RETREATS -- Introduction to Part Two -- Chapter Five The Administration of the Sacraments: Piety and Obligation -- Chapter Six Governing the Soul: The Limits of Discipline -- Chapter Seven Priestly Exercises: Schoolroom and Confessional -- Chapter Eight Defining the Sinful: The Case of Superstition -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Indices -- Index of Personal Names -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z -- Index of Place Names -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Index of Subjects -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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