Reforming Priests and Parishes: Tuscan Dioceses in the First Century of Seminary Education (Education and Society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance)

A study of diocesan seminaries in Arezzo, Siena, Volterra and Lucca, from 1563-1660s, this book considers financial, educational, and religious perspectives. Florence, Montepulciano, Pienza, and Pisa provide context. Most have never been treated in English, and no comparative study exists. CONTENTS......Page 8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 10 LIST OF MAPS AND CHARTS......Page 12 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS......Page 14 PREFACE......Page 16 CHAPTER ONE EARLY MODERN TUSCANY: THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SETTING......Page 22 CHAPTER TWO EARLY MODERN PRIESTS IN SELECTED TUSCAN DIOCESES: EXPECTATIONS AND REALITIES......Page 46 CHAPTER THREE THE DIOCESE AND SEMINARY OF AREZZO......Page 60 CHAPTER FOUR THE ARCHDIOCESE AND SEMINARY OF SIENA......Page 80 CHAPTER FIVE THE DIOCESE AND SEMINARY OF VOLTERRA......Page 100 CHAPTER SIX THE ARCHDIOCESE AND SEMINARY OF LUCCA......Page 112 CHAPTER SEVEN CONTEXT: THREE OTHER TUSCAN DIOCESES AND SEMINARIES......Page 136 CHAPTER EIGHT CONCLUSION......Page 152 WORKS CONSULTED......Page 160 INDEX......Page 170

Reforming Priests and Parishes consists of case studies of diocesan seminaries in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the Republic of Lucca from 1563-1660s. The major cases are Arezzo, Siena, Volterra and Lucca, and the dioceses and institutions are examined in their financial, educational, and religious milieux. Several other cases—Florence, Montepulciano, Pienza, and Pisa—are treated in less detail to provide contextual interpretative focal points.
Most of the seminaries have never been treated in English-language studies before, and no comparative study exists in any language. All of the case studies contain in-depth analysis of rare primary source material.

"Reforming Priests and Pastors" consists of case studies of diocesan seminaries in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the Republic of Lucca from 1563-1660s. The major cases are Arezzo, Siena, Volterra and Lucca, and the dioceses and institutions are examined in their financial, educational, and religious milieux. Several other cases - Florence, Montepulciano, Pienza, and Pisa - are treated in less detail to provide contextual interpretative focal points. Most of the seminaries have never been treated in English-language studies before, and no comparative study exists in any language. All of the case studies contain in-depth analysis of rare primary source material