Main entry:

Nussdorfer, Laurie.

Title & Author:

Civic politics in the Rome of Urban VIII / Laurie Nussdorfer.

Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1992.

Description:

xvi, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-276) and index.
List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Units of Money and Weight -- Abbreviations -- Introduction (starting p. 3) -- Pt. I The Roman Setting -- Ch. 1 A Holy City (starting p. 21) -- Ch. 2 The Economic Conjuncture (starting p. 27) -- Ch. 3 The Nodes of Power (starting p. 33) -- Ch. 4 A Web of Jurisdictions (starting p. 45) -- Pt. II The Roman People -- Ch. 5 A Civic Space (starting p. 60) -- Ch. 6 A Civic Nobility (starting p. 95) -- Pt. III The Politics of Jurisdiction -- Ch. 7 Marketplace (starting p. 118) -- Ch. 8 Guilds (starting p. 128) -- Ch. 9 Vassals (starting p. 136) -- Ch. 10 Plague (starting p. 145) -- Pt. IV The Politics of Patronage -- Ch. 11 The Network of Relationships (starting p. 168) -- Ch. 12 Civic Revenues and the Papacy (starting p. 186) -- Pt. V The Politics of Accommodation and Protest -- Ch. 13 The War of Castro (starting p. 205) -- Ch. 14 The Vacant See (starting p. 228) -- Conclusion (starting p. 254) -- Bibliography (starting p. 259) -- Index (starting p. 277)
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Summary:

In this colorful depiction of daily political life in Baroque Rome, Laurie Nussdorfer argues that the lay persons managed to sustain a civic government under the increased papal absolutism of Urban VIII (1623-1644), who oversaw both sacred and secular life. Focusing on the S.P.Q.R. (the Senate and Roman People), which was administered from the Capitoline Hill, she shows that it provided political representation for lay members of the urban elite, carried out the work of local government, and served as a symbol of the Roman voice in public life. Through a detailed study of how civic authorities derived their sense of legitimacy and how lay subjects maneuvered in informal and disguised ways to block or criticize the papal regime, the author advances a new way of conceiving politics under an absolute ruler. As Nussdorfer analyzes the complex interactions between the lay administration and Urban VIII and his family, the papal administration, and Romans of the upper and lower classes, she also provides fresh insights into the actual practice of early modern government. She takes the plague threat of the early 1630s, the War of Castro (1641-1644), and the interregnum following the pope's death as important test cases of the state's power in times of crisis.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0691031827 (cl ; alk. paper)
9780691031828 (cl ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644.
Urban VIII. Papst 1568-1644
Urbanus VIII, paus, 1568-1644.
Urbain, (1568-1644; 8 ; pape)
Urban Papst, VIII.
Bibel Römerbrief
Political participation Italy Rome History 17th century.
Legitimacy of governments Italy Rome History 17th century.
Participation politique Italie Rome Histoire 17e siècle.
Légitimité des gouvernements Italie Rome Histoire 17e siècle.
15.70 history of Europe.
Legitimacy of governments.
Political participation.
Politics and government
Bürgertum
Verwaltung
Lokaal bestuur.
Politieke cultuur.
Popes 17th century.
Rome (Italy) Politics and government.
Rome (Italy) History 1420-1798.
Rome (Italie) Administration.
Rome (Italie) Histoire 1420-1798.
Italy Rome.
Arnsbach
Rome (Italy) Politics and government 17th century.
Rome (Italie) Politique et gouvernement 17e siècle.
Rome (Italie) Histoire 17e siècle.
Rom.
Local government
Rome (Italy)

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 103220
Call No.: ID PLS JS5877.A15.N87; ID:94-B1739
Status: Available