«Inter Scillam Et Caribdim»: Caterina Perabò, Il Collegio Di S. Orsola Di Varese E La Difesa Dello Stato Laicale Nelle Controversie Giurisdizionali Milanesi (1597-1618)
This essay shows how, despite the reforms initiated by the Council of Trent and post-Tridentine bishops - starting with Carlo Borromeo - a strong demand for secularity and autonomy from ecclesiastical jurisdiction persisted in a part of the female religious world tied especially with the Company of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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Rivista di storia del cristianesimo
Year: 2019, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 133-169 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBJ Italy KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology |
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Milanese Jurisdictional Disputes
B Federico Borromeo B Company of St. Ursula (or Ursulines) B Compagnia di Sant'Orsola (o Orsoline) B Laywomen B Reformation B disputa giurisdizionale nel milanese B giuriste B Dioceses |
| Summary: | This essay shows how, despite the reforms initiated by the Council of Trent and post-Tridentine bishops - starting with Carlo Borromeo - a strong demand for secularity and autonomy from ecclesiastical jurisdiction persisted in a part of the female religious world tied especially with the Company of St. Ursula. Against the backdrop of the complicated Milanese jurisdictional disputes of the late 16th century, the congregation of Ursulines' rebellion in Varese, led by the noblewoman Caterina Perabò against Federico Borromeo's episcopal authority, gave rise to a political-juridical conflict opposing the major officers of the diocese to the ones of the State of Milan for more than twenty years. The dispute assumed an exemplary character for others congregations and pia loca of Milan, longing to follow Ursulines' example and get free from ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Thanks to the protection of the Senate, the governor of Milan and the king of Spain, Caterina, following the example of Ludovica Torelli, succeeded in creating a noncloistered secular college of education, reaffirming laywomen's autonomy of action. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Rivista di storia del cristianesimo
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