Confraternities in Visitation Protocols and the Wiener Diarium Newspaper. Sources for the History of Early Modern Confraternities in Austria

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  • Martin Scheutz

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https://doi.org/10.3986/ahas.v23i2.7339

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confraternities in Austria, visitation documents, account books, Wiener Diarium/Wiener Zeitung, confraternities

Abstract

Confraternities were widespread among the laity because of their multitude of functions. They were accessible to men and women, and served as insurance at the time of death, as banks, as performers of liturgical music, as patrons of church furnishings, etc. Looking at Austrian visitation protocols of the 16th and early 17th centuries, one can see that confraternities survived the Reformation with losses, but continuities from the Middle Ages to the early modern period are also visible. In Austria, the documentary sources of confraternities have not yet been sufficiently researched, especially from the point of view of finance and history studies. The digitization of early modern media opens new research areas as well—thus, confraternities were not only the commissioners of printed works, but also the subject of newspaper reports, as the example of the Wiener Diarium newspaper illustrates.

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Martin Scheutz

Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung
Universitätsring 1
A–1010 Wien

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Published

2019-03-09

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Scheutz, M. (2019). Confraternities in Visitation Protocols and the Wiener Diarium Newspaper. Sources for the History of Early Modern Confraternities in Austria. Acta Historiae Artis Slovenica, 23(2). https://doi.org/10.3986/ahas.v23i2.7339

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