Entering a Clerical Career at the Roman Curia, 1458 1471 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781138275003)

Building on recent revisionist histories of the quality and ability of the late medieval clergy, this is a comprehensive survey of the ordinations of priests at the Roman curia during the pontificates of Pius II (1458-1464) and Paul II (1464-1471). The study analyses archival documentation to reconstruct exactly how young men entered a clerical career, and also what influence practices at the curia had on wider clerical ordinations. The book concentrates especially on the role of the Apostolic Penitentiary in controlling the quality of priest candidates and on the role of Camera Apostolica in carrying out ecclesiastical ordinations in the papal curia.

Author: Kirsi Salonen,Jussi Hanska
ISBN-10: 113827500X
ISBN-13: 9781138275003
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 12/02/2016
Pages: 310
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.66d