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Dee, Sante, Madonne nella religiosità della Sardegna
2021
In Sardegna, il culto dei santi e della Madonna, costitutivo del più ampio panorama religioso italiano, è variamente declinato e stratificato presso le comunità isolane, a testimonianza di un elementare bisogno di protezione e di salute che si concretizza nell’intimo rapporto che i devoti intessono con i propri protettori. Tale relazione si esplica massimamente nel momento festivo, ambito nel quale confluiscono istanze eterogenee: quelle devozionali e penitenziali dei fedeli da una parte, quelle propriamente festive dello svago, del divertimento collettivo, della convivialità sociale dall’altra. Non mancano i casi in cui tali caratteri si interpolano, spesso oscurandosi, con gli aspetti tur…
A Parody of the Church Service in Seventeenth-Century Finland. Reconstructing Popular Religion on the Basis of Court Records
2012
Popular Religion in the Periphery. Church Attendance in 17th Century Eastern Finland
2015
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…