Le veglie invernali fra sociabilità contadina e moralizzazione ecclesiastica. L’opera di don Felice Cecca, parroco di Villafranca Piemonte

[Machine translation] The essay analyzes an important catechetical text from the Piedmontese eighteenth century, a book intended to be read in the stables during the long winter vigils, a work that can be considered a long-seller, reprinted incessantly throughout the 19th century. The analysis starts from the literary work of a parish priest from deep Piedmont, written with the intention of moralizing the farmers' winter vigils, to go on to highlight how the evening vigil was actually a delicate and complex moment of popular sociability.