Title & Author:

Court and politics in papal Rome, 1492-1700 / edited by Gianvittorio Signorotto and Maria Antonietta Visceglia.

Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Description:

viii, 257 pages ; 24 cm.

Series:

Cambridge studies in Italian history and culture

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A turning-point in the history of the factional system in the Sacred College: the power of pope and cardinals in the age of Alexander VI / Marco Pellegrini -- Court and city in the ceremony of the possesso in the sixteenth century / Irene Fosi -- 'Rome, workshop of all the practices of the world': from the letters of Cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici to Cosimo I and Francesco I / Elena Fasano Guarini -- The 'world's theatre': the court of Rome and politics in the first half of the seventeenth century / Mario Rosa -- Factions in the Sacred College in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries / Maria Antonietta Visceglia -- The Secretariat of State as the pope's special ministry / Antonio Menniti Ippolito -- The cardinal-proctectors of the crowns in the Roman curia during the first half of the seventeenth century: the case of France / Olivier Poncet -- The squadrone volante: 'independent' cardinals and European politics in the second half of the seventeenth century / Gianvittorio Signorotto -- Roman avvisi: information and politics in the seventeenth century / Mario Infelise -- Hegemony over the social scene and zealous popes (1676-1700) / Renata Ago.

Summary:

"This book attempts to overcome the traditional historiographical approach to the role of the early modern papacy by focusing on the actual mechanisms of power in the papal court. The period covered extends from the Renaissance to the aftermath of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, after which the papacy was reduced to a mainly spiritual role." "Based on new research in Italian and other European archives, the book concentrates on the factions at the Roman court and in the College of Cardinals. The Sacred College came under great international pressure during the election of a new pope, and consequently such figures as foreign ambassadors and foreign cardinals are examined, as well as political liaisons and social contacts at court. Finally, the book includes an analysis of the ambiguous nature of Roman ceremonial, which was both religious and secular: a reflection of the power struggle both in Rome and in Europe."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

0521641462
9780521641463

Subject:

Catholic Church. Collegium Cardinalium History.
Catholic Church.
Église catholique. Collegium Cardinalium Histoire.
Église catholique Aspect politique Histoire.
Catholic Church. Collegium Cardinalium.
Katholische Kirche Curia Romana
Römische Kurie
Curie romaine
Bibel Römerbrief
Papal courts History.
Christianity and politics Catholic Church History.
Cour pontificale Histoire.
Christianity and politics Catholic Church.
Papal courts.
Politik
Politiek.
Politik Papst Geschichte 16. Jh
Politik Papst Geschichte 17. Jh
Hof (Hofleben) Papst Geschichte 16. Jh
Hof (Hofleben) Papst Geschichte 17. Jh
Papst Hof (Hofleben) Geschichte 16. Jh
Papst Hof (Hofleben) Geschichte 17. Jh
Papst Politik Geschichte 16. Jh
Papst Politik Geschichte 17. Jh
1492-1700
Papauté
Pouvoir (sciences sociales)
pouvoir
Kirchenstaat
Rome (Italie, ville)
Iglesia católica. Colegio Cardenalicio Historia.
Corte papal Historia.
Cristianismo y política Iglesia católica Historia.
Cardinals (prelates) Italy Rome 1490-1700.
Politics Italy Rome 1490-1700.
Christianity Italy Rome 1490-1700.

Form/genre:

History.
[Études diverses]

Added entries:

Signorotto, Gianvittorio.
Visceglia, Maria Antonietta.
Cambridge studies in Italian history and culture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 225535
Call No.: BX1818 .C68 2002
Status: Available