Madonnas That Maim: Popular Catholicism in Italy Since the Fifteenth Century

This is an excellent summary of the most recent literature on the subject (especially of studies in Italian); and it is also a superb compendium of specific religious practices and of scholarly approaches to them.

Author: Michael P. Carroll
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 04/01/1992
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.26w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9780801842993

About the Author
Carroll, Michael P.: - Michael P. Carroll is a professor of sociology at the University of Western Ontario. He is the author of The Penitente Brotherhood: Patriarchy and Hispano-Catholicism in New Mexico; Irish Pilgrimage: Holy Wells and Popular Catholic Devotion; Veiled Threats: The Logic of Popular Catholicism in Italy; and Madonnas That Maim: Popular Catholicism in Italy since the Fifteenth Century, all published by Johns Hopkins.

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