Court and Politics in Papal Rome, 1492 1700 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521641463)

This study describes power and politics in Rome and the role of the papacy in European politics during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It attempts to overcome the traditional historiographical approach to the role of the papacy during this period by focusing on the actual mechanisms of power in the papal court--political, personal, spiritual, and ceremonial. Based on new research in Italian and other European archives, it charts the transition from a political to a primarily spiritual power between the Renaissance and the Peace of Westphalia.

Author: Gianvittorio Signorotto
ISBN-10: 0521641462
ISBN-13: 9780521641463
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/21/2002
Pages: 268
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2003 pg. 1049