Fathers and Godfathers - Alfani, Guido
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In medieval Europe baptism did not merely represent a solemn and public recognition of the 'natural' birth of a child, but was regarded as a second, 'spiritual birth', within a social group often different from the child's blood relations: a spiritual family, composed of godfathers and godmothers. Exploring the changing theological and social nature of spiritual kinship and godparenthood between 1450 and 1650, this book explores how these medieval concepts were developed and utilised by the Catholic Church in an era of reform and challenge. It demonstrates how such ties continued to be of…mehr

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In medieval Europe baptism did not merely represent a solemn and public recognition of the 'natural' birth of a child, but was regarded as a second, 'spiritual birth', within a social group often different from the child's blood relations: a spiritual family, composed of godfathers and godmothers. Exploring the changing theological and social nature of spiritual kinship and godparenthood between 1450 and 1650, this book explores how these medieval concepts were developed and utilised by the Catholic Church in an era of reform and challenge. It demonstrates how such ties continued to be of major social importance throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, but were often used in ways not always coherent with their original religious meaning, and which could have unexpected social consequences.
Autorenporträt
Guido Alfani is Assistant Professor of Economic History at Bocconi University, Milan, Italy. The majority of his lectures cover the subject of history and demography. He is a Fellow of the Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics. From 2002-2003 he was Visiting Scholar at the ÿcole des Hautes ÿtudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France. In 2006 he was Visiting Research Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland. Also in 2006 he became Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Glasgow, Scotland. In 2008 he was Visiting Professor at the University of Bordeaux-3, France and also Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Population Studies, University of Umea, Sweden. He is Head of the RDB Bocconi research project 'Distribution and Concentration of Wealth in Historical Perspective'. He is also a member of the international research project 'Mobilités, Populations et Familles' (MPF). Furthermore, he is co-founder and organizer, with Vincent Gourdon, of the international scientific network 'Patrinus'.