{"product_id":"fathers-and-godfathers-guido-alfani-9780754667377","title":"Fathers and Godfathers: Spiritual Kinship in Early-Modern Italy","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Guido Alfani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0754667375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780754667377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d","brand":"Guido Alfani","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47520203702527,"sku":"9780754667377","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_52892543-fdd3-4708-8bd1-6deef0936857.jpg?v=1762884153","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fathers-and-godfathers-guido-alfani-9780754667377","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}