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The first full study of the most remarkable history of the early popes and their relationship with Rome, the Liber pontificalis.
Author : Rosamond McKitterick
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 48,61 MB
Release : 2020-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1108836828
The first full study of the most remarkable history of the early popes and their relationship with Rome, the Liber pontificalis.
Author : Gianvittorio Signorotto
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 47,22 MB
Release : 2002-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1139431412
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.
Author : Maureen Fiedler
Publisher : Crossroad Publishing
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 11,77 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN :
A fascinating compendium of official statements from popes and councils--together with commentary from contemporary scholars--that reveals the historic evolution of Roman Catholic teaching.
Author : L Giustiniani
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,13 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781020850301
This firsthand account of Vatican City and the papacy is a fascinating glimpse into one of the world's most powerful institutions. Written by a Roman insider, this book provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Vatican's inner workings and the forces that shape it. With its candid observations and insightful commentary, Papal Rome as it is is a must-read for anyone interested in the history and politics of the Catholic Church. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Robert FLEMING (the Younger.)
Publisher :
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 31,95 MB
Release : 1849
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Author : Andrew J. Ekonomou
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 17,23 MB
Release : 2007-01-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0739133861
Byzantine Rome and the Greek Popes examines the scope and extent to which the East influenced Rome and the Papacy following the Justinian Reconquest of Italy in the middle of the sixth century through the pontificate of Zacharias and the collapse of the exarchate of Ravenna in 752. A combination of factors resulted in the arrival of significant numbers of easterners in Rome, and those immigrants had brought with them a number of eastern customs and practices previously unknown in the city. Greek influence became apparent in art, religious ceremonial and liturgics, sacred music, the rhetoric of doctrinal debate, the growth of eastern monastic communities, and charitable institutions, and the proliferation of the cults of eastern saints and ecclesiastical feast days and, in particular, devotion to the Theotokos or Mother of God. From the late seventh to the middle of the eighth century, eleven of the thirteen Roman pontiffs were the sons of families of eastern provenance. While conceding that over the course of the seventh century Rome indeed experienced the impact of an important Greek element, some scholars of the period have insisted that the degree to which Rome and the Papacy were 'orientalized' has been exaggerated, while others argue that the extent of their 'byzantinization' has not been fully appreciated. The question has also been raised as to whether Rome's oriental popes were responsible for sowing the seeds of separatism from Byzantium and laying the foundation for a future papal state, or whether they were loyal imperial subjects ever steadfast politically, although not always so in matters of the faith, to the reigning sovereign in Constantinople. Finally, there is the important issue of whether one could still speak of a single and undivided imperium Roman christianum in the seventh and early eighth centuries or whether the concept of imperial unity in the epoch following Gregory the Great was a quaint and fanciful fiction as East and West, ignoring and misunderstanding one another, began to go their separate ways. Byzantine Rome and the Greek Popes provides a guide through this complicated and often contradictory history.
Author : Peter R. D'Agostino
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 46,43 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780807855157
For years, historians have argued that Catholicism in the United States stood decisively apart from papal politics in European society. Drawing on previously unexamined documents from Italian state collections and newly opened Vatican archives, Peter D'Agostino paints a starkly different portrait.
Author : L. Giustiniani
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 12,44 MB
Release : 2024-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3368730010
Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.
Author : Robert Fleming
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 10,58 MB
Release : 1849
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Author : Margaret Meserve
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 35,62 MB
Release : 2021-08-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 142144044X
An exciting interdisciplinary study based on new literary, historical, and bibliographical evidence, this book will appeal to students and scholars of the Italian Renaissance, the Reformation, and the history of the book.