I am pleased to announce a new publication by our member Konrad
Eisenbichler ([log in to unmask]). The additional info is taken from
the back page of the book.
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Konrad Eisenbichler, _The Boys of the Archangel Raphael. A Youth
Confraternity in Florence, 1411-1785_. Toronto: University of Toronto
Press, 1998. 474 pp., illustrations. ISBN 0-8020-4329-1
Confraternities and their contribution to the fabric of society have
become invisible history for us today. Although their activities touched
a large segment of society, they have not yet found a place in the
standard histories of the period, or even in the histories of religion or
the Church.
With _The Boys of the Archangel Rapahel_ Konrad Eisenbichler
brings to light the daily life and history of one such organization from
its founding in 1411 to its final suppression in 1785. While focusing on
the Compagnia dell'Arcangelo Raffaello, the first confraternity for youths
to be established in Florence, the author also discusses other, similar
youth confraternities. By comparing developments across several
confraternities, the book provides an insight into the entire phenomenon
of premodern lay religious associations for youths.
The study is firmly grounded in archival and contemporary
documents, and covers a variety of fields of interest: social history,
church history, history of childhood, and the history of art, literature,
and music. _The Boys of the Archangel Raphael_ will be the authoritative
work on youth confraternities for years to come.
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