""Contents""; ""acknowledgments""; ""currency, names, and translations""; ""abbreviations""; ""introduction""; ""part one confraternities and hospitals""; ""chapter one religious solidarity and civic power: confraternities in bergamo""; ""chapter two she offers herself and her belongings: hospitals in bergamo""; ""part two charity and church""; ""chapter three alms for the poor! confraternal charity and the poor""; ""chapter four you do and say evil! lay men, women, and the clergy""; ""part three written religion""; ""chapter five testaments, gender, and religious culture""; ""conclusion""