This article focuses on the role played by local mobility in processes of confession and community building, taking the Catholic population in seventeenth-century Palestine as a case study. Works on the Reformation in Europe have acknowledged a connection between the strengthening of confessional identities and geographical mobility. Through the analysis of the parish records of Bethlehem, the article reveals some characteristics of seventeenth-century Catholic mobility in Palestine and shows how this mobility was bound up with the consolidation of a tiny Catholic minority and the establishment of a sacramental network. From a larger perspective, this research suggests that mobility plays an important role in the development and consolidation of small communities in a context of competing religion. From a methodological point of view, it also shows the importance of microanalysis in understanding the geographical mobility associated with religious practices and allegiances.
Tramontana, F. (2020). Geographical mobility and community-building in seventeenth-century Palestine: Insights from the records of Bethlehem's Catholic Parish. CONTINUITY AND CHANGE, 35(2), 163-185 [10.1017/S0268416020000193].
Titolo: | Geographical mobility and community-building in seventeenth-century Palestine: Insights from the records of Bethlehem's Catholic Parish | |
Autori: | TRAMONTANA, FELICITA (Corresponding) | |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2020 | |
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Citazione: | Tramontana, F. (2020). Geographical mobility and community-building in seventeenth-century Palestine: Insights from the records of Bethlehem's Catholic Parish. CONTINUITY AND CHANGE, 35(2), 163-185 [10.1017/S0268416020000193]. | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11590/411463 | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |