Devotional Confraternities in Renaissance Venice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12033697 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Mackenney (University of Edinburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Pages | 85-96 |
| Publication date | 1986-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Church History (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0424-2084 • E-ISSN: 2059-0644 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s042420840001055x |
| OpenAlex | W2334033405 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Perhaps the most striking features of the history of Renaissance Venice are its highly commercialised economy and its precocious sense of secular state sovereignty. These characteristics owed much to the city’s independence of and isolation from rural and seigneurial influences in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. However, the high level of business activity and the confident awareness of statehood could also be related to the weakness of ecclesiastical influence in economic and political affairs. This was the case long before the spectacular conflict of 1606 when Venice was placed under the Interdict. The location of the Cathedral had always been a telling symbol of the place of the Church in Venetian life. It stood at San Pietro di Castello in an isolated area of the city. It is easy to overlook the fact that the centre of religious life, Saint Mark’s, was the Doge’s private chapel: a constant reminder of the intimate relationship between religious and political power, a material manifestation of the divine favour attached to Venice’s wealth and authority, both of which were unmistakably worldly
Ancient history · Art history · Chapel · City-state · Economic history · Independence (probability theory · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · SAINT · Sovereignty · State (computer science · Symbol (formal · The Renaissance · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Law · Philosophy · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |