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Fathers and Godfathers: Spiritual Kinship in Early-Modern Italy by Guido Alfani (Catholic Christendom, 1300–1700)Requirements: .ePUB reader, 3.8mbOverview: In medieval Europe baptism did not merely represent a solemn and public recognition of the ‘natural’ birth of a child, but was regarded as a second, ‘spiritual birth’, within a social group often different from the child’s blood […]

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