scholarly journals Everyday Magic in Early Modern Europe edited by Kathryn A. Edwards

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darren Oldridge
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
Limited Success ◽  
Supernatural Beliefs ◽  
Modern Europe ◽  
Magical Beliefs

Historians have long known that the efforts of religious reformers, both Catholic and Protestant, to challenge the magical beliefs of ordinary people in early modern Europe met with limited success, and that a rich stratum of unorthodox supernatural beliefs survived well into the 18th century. This welcome collection of essays addresses the negotiations and compromises between official religion in its various forms and the vibrant world of popular magic during the “long Reformation". Reviewed by: Darren Oldridge, Published Online (2021-04-30)Copyright © 2021 by Darren Oldridge Article PDF Link: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/aestimatio/article/view/37677/28674 Corresponding Author: Darren Oldridge,University of Worcester, UKE-Mail: [email protected]

Communities beyond borders: internal boundaries and circulations in the 18th century

2021 ◽  
Vol 9s4 ◽  
pp. 168-189
Author(s):  
Nicoletta Rolla
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
High Mobility ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
Modern Europe ◽  
Emic Perspective ◽  
Urban Institutions ◽  
The City

To understand the political, social and economic conditions which made possible a certain freedom of movement in early modern Europe, it is necessary to abandon the idea of a state sovereignty which expressed itself through the control of boundaries and its territory, which is a relatively recent notion in Western legal culture. Thus, in early modern Europe external borders were porous, and surveillance systems were organised in a plurality of jurisdictions and responded to multiple logics and interests. This article focuses on Turin, the capital of the States of Savoy, where boundaries were defined by the control of urban institutions responsible for the police of the city, as the Vicariate. To observe the process of defining these frontiers, I have chosen to use an emic perspective, attentive to the point of view of the actors. This contribution is interested in the strategies adopted by a group of people subject to high mobility�construction workers�when faced with internal borders. This approach allows us to consider the �relational� substance of the border, its multiple and changing nature.

scholarly journals A CASA COMO MODELO ORGANIZACIONAL DAS NOBREZAS DE SÃO MIGUEL (AÇORES) NO SÉCULO XVIII

2002 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
José Damião Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Social Reproduction ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Close Connection ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
Consanguineous Marriages ◽  
Property Transfer ◽  
Modern Europe ◽  
The Way

Na Europa Moderna, o modelo central de organização dos grupos domésticos era o da casa. No arquipélago dos Açores, cujo povoamento se iniciou a partir de 1439, a casa era também a estrutura organizadora do universo nobiliárquico local, em estreita relação com o sistema vincular. A vinculação, associada às práticas endogâmicas e consanguíneas e ao sistema de transmissão de bens por via das alianças matrimoniais, constituiu um poderoso instrumento de reprodução social das nobrezas insulares. Neste artigo, são apresentados alguns dados relativos ao modo como as nobrezas locais da ilha de São Miguel utilizaram o morgadio como instrumento de reprodução social no século XVIII e aos problemas de gestão da casa nobre. Abstract In Early Modern Europe, the central model of the organization of domestic groups was the household. In the archipelago of the Azores, where settlement began in 1439, household was also the reference for the organization of local nobilities, in close connection with the system of entail. The entail, in association with endogamy and consanguineous marriages and the system of property transfer by means of matrimonial alliances, was a powerful tool converted by the Azorean gentry into a means of social reproduction. In this paper, we present some data concerning the way the gentry of the island of São Miguel used the entail with that purpose in the 18th century and also the management of the noble household.

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