Professional paper
ECCLESIASTICAL CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE BISHOPRIC OF RAB DURING THE 16TH CENTURY
Zrinka NOVAK
Abstract
On the basis of the available literature and published sources author of this article has tried to reconstruct social and ecclesiastical circumstances in the realm of the bishopric of Rab during the sixteenth century. Moreover she also describes the state of the contemporary political and economic affairs that influenced greatly life of the commune of Rab. The author also has paid attention to the material and moral status of the Church in Rab before and after the Council of Trent (1545-1563), which marked a turning point in the history of the Catholic Church and was beginning of the Catholic renovation that partly influenced life of the Church of Rab in the second half of the sixteenth century.
Keywords
Rab; bishopric of Rab; early modern period; ecclesiastical history
Hrčak ID:
52979
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Publication date:
25.12.2009.
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