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Dubrovnik Renaissance Hospitals: Between Lay and Religious

Dubrovnik Renaissance Hospitals: Between Lay and Religious In Renaissance Dubrovnik (Ragusa) the lay establishment — the city government — had the control over all religious institutions (hospitals, monasteries, churches, and confraternities). The government thus kept under close surveillance the potential rivals for power in the established social order. The Treasury and appointed procurators managed the finances of not only “public” hospitals such as Domus Christi, but also institutions established by private benefactors. On the other hand, in the Counter-Reformation era, the Church endeavored to recover and strengthen its control over various aspects of religious and everyday life including hospitals. In the records of the 1573 visitation, hospitals were regarded by the religious authorities as a constituent part of the network of religious institutions. Joannes Franciscus Sormano, bishop of Montefeltro, visited nine hospitals, of which state hospital Domus Christi was described in the greatest detail. In Sormano’s view all hospitals were first and foremost religious institutions.

Dubrovnik; Renaissance; Hospitals; Church

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