Vaimo, äiti ja kunnon kristitty : pappien vaimot 1600-luvun esikuvallisina naisina

Extended Families as Communities of Religious Experience in Late Seventeenth-Century Eastern Finland

AbstractThis chapter offers an interpretation of extended families as communities of experience in a rural area close to the eastern border of the Swedish realm. Through a case study of lower court records, Kuha examines the social and religious life in a 17th-century farm culminating in the crisis of an extended family. The chapter explores how practices of lived religion shaped the relationship of the community and the individual, and how experiences were negotiated within families and local communities. The analysis highlights the importance of protecting the boundaries of the household as well as the meaning of religious practices in creating cohesion within the community.

"Jumalan sanan ylenkatsojat" : rahvaan kirkossakäynti Savossa vuosina 1660–1710

1600-luku on perinteisesti tunnettu luterilaisen puhdasoppisuuden aikana, jolloin kirkko ja kruunu kontrolloivat tiukasti Ruotsin valtakunnan alamaisten käyttäytymistä ja ajattelua. Papiston mahdollisuudet ylläpitää kirkkokuria olivat kuitenkin rajalliset harvaan asutuilla syrjäseuduilla, kuten Savon maakunnassa. Artikkelissa käsitellään savolaisen rahvaan kirkossakäyntiä sekä poissaoloja kirkosta 1600-luvun lopulla ja 1700-luvun alussa. Piispan- ja rovastintarkastuspöytäkirjojen avulla selvitetään, miksi poissaolot olivat yleisiä, vaikka kirkossakäynnin laiminlyönnistä seurasi rangaistus. Toisaalta pohditaan sitä, miksi seurakuntalaiset tulivat kirkkoon tärkeinä pyhäpäivinä suurin joukoin …

Pyhäpäivien vietto varhaismodernin ajan Savossa (vuoteen 1710)

In this dissertation, I study the observance of holy days among the peasantry in the early modern province of Savo, located on the eastern periphery of the Swedish kingdom (today Eastern Finland). I examine the practices, norms and meanings related to the observance of holy days both within and outside the Church, and analyse the changes and continuities in the post-reformation period. As the main sources of the study, I use district court records and visitation records mainly from the period 1639–1712. I analyse the cases with a micro-historical perspective and an anthropological approach. The lived religion of the peasantry was constituted especially through practices that were connected …

Kulttuurihistorian asema suomalaisessa ja ruotsalaisessa historiantutkimuksessa 1800-luvun lopulla

Konservoidut papinlesket historiankirjoituksessa

”Don’t cry, my darling” : Married and Parental Love in the Funeral Sermons of 17th-century Lutheran Clergymen’s Wives

A Parody of the Church Service in Seventeenth-Century Finland. Reconstructing Popular Religion on the Basis of Court Records

Pyhäpäivien vietto varhaismodernin ajan Savossa (vuoteen 1710). Lectio praecursoria 29.4.2016.

FM Miia Kuhan Suomen historian väitöskirja Pyhäpäivien vietto varhaismodernin ajan Savossa (vuoteen 1710) tarkastettiin 29.4.2016 Jyväskylän yliopistossa. Vastaväittäjänä toimi dosentti Raisa Maria Toivo Tampereen yliopistosta ja kustoksena professori Kustaa H. J. Vilkuna Jyväskylän yliopistosta.

Mentaliteettien historian varhaisvaiheita Ruotsissa ja Suomessa

Religious participation in the local communities of 17th-century Eastern Finland

In recent years, the perspective of lived religion has drawn attention toward the everyday religious practices of the laity. In early-modern Europe, the realm of the sacred could be approached in different ways from within the mundane world, and religious practices were tightly intertwined with social life. In local communities, religious ideas and practices taught by the church in varying ways intermingled with traits from local religious traditions. This article examines the different ways of religious participation available to the rural inhabitants of late 17th century Eastern Finland, a part of the kingdom of Sweden during the early modern era. Applying the concept and approach of live…

Papin perhe ja paikallisyhteisö 1600-luvun loppupuolen Viipurin hiippakunnassa

Perhe tekoina, tunteina ja monimuotoisina suhteina

Arvosteltu teos: Ilmakunnas, Johanna & Lahtinen, Anu (toim.) 2021. Perheen jäljillä. Perhesuhteiden moninaisuus Pohjolassa 1400–2020. Tampere: Vastapaino. 366 s.

Popular Religion in the Periphery. Church Attendance in 17th Century Eastern Finland

Abstract On the fringes of post-Reformation Europe, church and state authorities faced problems in enforcing church attendance. In the Swedish kingdom, religious uniformity was seen as vital for the success of the state after the Lutheran confession had been established, and absences from church were punishable by law. The seventeenth century saw significant tightening of legislation relating to church absences and other breaches of the Sabbath, and severe punishments were introduced. Despite considerable deterrents, it was sometimes difficult to control local inhabitants: absence cases were regularly brought before the local courts in Eastern Finland, where authorities were hampered by a c…