Religious Anxiety and Devotional Change in Sixteenth Century French Penitential Confraternities
Past studies have focused on the autonomous role played by religious confraternities in sixteenth-century France, but have neglected devotional patterns of the confraternities. Some studies have seen similarities in the religious experiences of both Protestants and Catholics. This article uses the s...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1988
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1988, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 389-406 |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Past studies have focused on the autonomous role played by religious confraternities in sixteenth-century France, but have neglected devotional patterns of the confraternities. Some studies have seen similarities in the religious experiences of both Protestants and Catholics. This article uses the statutes of Catholic fraternities and Natalie Davis's distinctions between Protestant and Catholic uses of liturgical time to (a) describe changes in late sixteenth-century confraternal devotions; (b) seek answers to why the devotions assumed the particular patterns they did, and (c) analyze devotional patterns in Catholic confraternities. The conclusion demonstrates that sectarian conflict stimulated greater devotion through greater infusion of "the word" - the printed text - into creeds; Catholics did so through more penitential ritualized acts. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2540470 |
