Early Modern Confraternities in Europe And the Americas
Subtitle: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Contributors: Pamela Gravestock (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: July 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780754651741
Subjects: Christianity; History of religion; Religious life & practice; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; Religion; Congresses; Religion - Church Life; Institutions & Organizations; Europe; The Americas; Confraternities; Christianity - History - General; History; Broederschappen.; Church history; Middle Ages, 600-1500; gtt
First sentence: The English term 'confraternity' embraces a range of religious associations that have existed and been developed from the early Middle Ages, and continue to exist.