Umilt? (L') e le rose Storia di una Compagnia femminile a Torino tra et? moderna e contemporanea

cm 17 x 24, xxii-402 pp. con 6 figg. n.t. e 48 tavv. f.t. a colori. Quaderni dell'Archivio Storico della Compagnia di San Paolo 1 La Compagnia dell?Umilt? attiva a Torino dal XVI al XX secolo fu fondata in ambienti vicini alla corte sabauda e alla spiritualit? gesuita, annoverando tra le socie principesse sabaude, dame di corte e consorti di confratelli della Compagnia di San Paolo. Il libro ricostruisce attraverso un?indagine prosopografica la storia pressoch? incognita dell?istituzione, rivolta all?assistenza dei malati e all?erogazione di doti, e ripercorre l?iconografia e l?agiografia della santa patrona, Elisabetta d?Ungheria. The Compagnia dell?Umilt?, active in Turin from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, was founded in milieus close to the Savoy court and Jesuit spirituality. Its members included Savoy princesses, ladies-in-waiting and consorts of the confreres of the Compagnia di San Paolo. Through prosopographical research, the book reconstructs the virtually unknown history of the institution that assisted the ill and distributed assets. It also examines the iconography and hagiography of its patron saint, Elizabeth of Hungary. The Compagnia dell?Umilt?, active in Turin from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, was founded in milieus close to the Savoy court and Jesuit spirituality. Its members included Savoy princesses, ladies-in-waiting and consorts of the confreres of the Compagnia di San Paolo. Through prosopographical research, the book reconstructs the virtually unknown history of the institution that assisted the ill and distributed assets. It also examines the iconography and hagiography of its patron saint, Elizabeth of Hungary. The Compagnia dell?Umilt?, active in Turin from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, was founded in milieus close to the Savoy court and Jesuit spirituality. Its members included Savoy princesses, ladies-in-waiting and consorts of the confreres of the Compagnia di San Paolo. Through prosopographical research, the book reconstructs the virtually unknown history of the institution that assisted the ill and distributed assets. It also examines the iconography and hagiography of its patron saint, Elizabeth of Hungary. The Compagnia dell?Umilt?, active in Turin from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, was founded in milieus close to the Savoy court and Jesuit spirituality. Its members included Savoy princesses, ladies-in-waiting and consorts of the confreres of the Compagnia di San Paolo. Through prosopographical research, the book reconstructs the virtually unknown history of the institution that assisted the ill and distributed assets. It also examines the iconography and hagiography of its patron saint, Elizabeth of Hungary. The Compagnia dell?Umilt?, active in Turin from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, was founded in milieus close to the Savoy court and Jesuit spirituality. Its members included Savoy princesses, ladies-in-waiting and consorts of the confreres of the Compagnia di San Paolo. Through prosopographical research, the book reconstructs the virtually unknown history of the institution that assisted the ill and distributed assets. It also examines the iconography and hagiography of its patron saint, Elizabeth of Hungary. The Compagnia dell?Umilt?, active in Turin from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, was founded in milieus close to the Savoy court and Jesuit spirituality. Its members included Savoy princesses, ladies-in-waiting and consorts of the confreres of the Compagnia di San Paolo. Through prosopographical research, the book reconstructs the virtually unknown history of the institution that assisted the ill and distributed assets. It also examines the iconography and hagiography of its patron saint, Elizabeth of Hungary. The Compagnia dell?Umilt?, active in Turin from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, was founded in milieus close to the Savoy court and Jesuit spirituality. Its members included Savoy princesses, ladies-in-waitin