Parish churches [ Institutions ]
… by the author. Résumé Parish churches have provided key places of sociability from the Middle Ages to the present. Particularly in premodern times, when attendance was expected if not mandatory, they accommodated members of both sexes, … forms of religious, social, cultural and political sociability focused on parish churches, not just in its European heartlands but many colonial contexts, too. 2 . Beat Kümin, The Communal Age in Western Europe c. 1100-1800: Towns, … held on Sundays and major feasts, supplemented by catechism classes for younger parishioners (for frequencies and participation see the visitation returns for Devon parishes in 1744 and 1779). Religious gatherings symbolized Christian …
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