Court and Politics in Papal Rome, 14921700 (Cambridge Studies in Italian History and Culture)
Contributors: Gianvittorio Signorotto (Editor); Maria Antonietta Visceglia (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 6, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780521641463
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Politics / Current Events; General; Christianity and politics; Papal courts; History: World; Italy; History; Europe - General; Leadership; History / Europe / General; Papal courts--History; Catholic Church.; Catholic Church; Collegium Cardinalium
First sentence: Recently it has been suggested that we need to reconsider the ethos of the Renaissance cardinalate, taking that concept not so much in terms of generic morality but more narrowly in the sense in which it was used in the later fifteenth century, that is to say as the necessary point of intersection between legal officium and ethical onus.