Skip to content
Register Sign in Wishlist

Court and Politics in Papal Rome, 1492–1700

NZD$64.95 inc GST

Part of Cambridge Studies in Italian History and Culture

Gianvittorio Signorotto, Maria Antonietta Visceglia, Marco Pellegrini, Irene Fosi, Elena Fasano Guarini, Mario Rosa, Antonio Menniti Ippolito, Olivier Poncet, Mario Infelise, Renata Ago
View all contributors
  • Date Published: July 2011
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521283144

NZD$ 64.95 inc GST
Paperback

Add to cart Add to wishlist

Other available formats:
Hardback, eBook


Looking for an inspection copy?

Please email academicmarketing@cambridge.edu.au to enquire about an inspection copy of this book

Description
Product filter button
Description
Contents
Resources
Courses
About the Authors
  • This 2002 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 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.

    • Contains a wide variety of approaches to offer a new picture of politics and religion at the papal court during an 'unfamiliar' period
    • Places social and political activities in Rome within a European political context
    • Includes new and original work by leading Italian early modern historians
    Read more

    Reviews & endorsements

    Review of the hardback: ' … this [is an] important collection of articles … together they present a new and intriguing view of the early modern state apparatus.' The Historical Journal

    Customer reviews

    Not yet reviewed

    Be the first to review

    Review was not posted due to profanity

    ×

    , create a review

    (If you're not , sign out)

    Please enter the right captcha value
    Please enter a star rating.
    Your review must be a minimum of 12 words.

    How do you rate this item?

    ×

    Product details

    • Date Published: July 2011
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521283144
    • length: 268 pages
    • dimensions: 229 x 152 x 15 mm
    • weight: 0.4kg
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    Introduction Gianvittorio Signorotto and Maria Antonietta Visceglia
    1. A turning-point in the history of the factional system in the Sacred College: the power of the pope and cardinals in the age of Alexander VI Marco Pellegrini
    2. The court and the city in the ceremony of the possesso in the sixteenth century Irene Fosi
    3. 'Rome, workshop of all the practice of the world': from the letters of cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici to Cosimo I and Francesco I Elena Fasano Guarini
    4. The 'world's theatre': the court of Rome and politics in the first half of the seventeenth century Mario Rosa
    5. Factions in the Sacred College in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Maria Antonietta Visceglia
    6. The Secretariat of State as the pope's special ministry Antonio Menniti Ippolito
    7. The cardinal protectors of the crowns in the Roman curia during the first half of the seventeenth century: the case of France Olivier Poncet
    8. The squadrone volante: 'independent' cardinals and European politics in the second half of the seventeenth century Gianvittorio Signorotto
    9. Roman avvisi: information and politics in the seventeenth century Mario Infelise
    10. Hegemony of the social scene and zealous popes, 1676–1700 Renata Ago.

  • Editors

    Gianvittorio Signorotto, Università degli Studi di Urbino, Italy

    Maria Antonietta Visceglia, Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza', Italy

    Contributors

    Gianvittorio Signorotto, Maria Antonietta Visceglia, Marco Pellegrini, Irene Fosi, Elena Fasano Guarini, Mario Rosa, Antonio Menniti Ippolito, Olivier Poncet, Mario Infelise, Renata Ago

Related Books

Sorry, this resource is locked

Please register or sign in to request access. If you are having problems accessing these resources please email lecturers@cambridge.org

Register Sign in
Please note that this file is password protected. You will be asked to input your password on the next screen.

» Proceed

You are now leaving the Cambridge University Press website. Your eBook purchase and download will be completed by our partner www.ebooks.com. Please see the permission section of the www.ebooks.com catalogue page for details of the print & copy limits on our eBooks.

Continue ×

Continue ×

Continue ×
warning icon

Turn stock notifications on?

You must be signed in to your Cambridge account to turn product stock notifications on or off.

Sign in Create a Cambridge account arrow icon
×

Find content that relates to you

Join us online

This site uses cookies to improve your experience. Read more Close

Are you sure you want to delete your account?

This cannot be undone.

Cancel

Thank you for your feedback which will help us improve our service.

If you requested a response, we will make sure to get back to you shortly.

×
Please fill in the required fields in your feedback submission.
×