Rome in the Age of Enlightenment
Subtitle: The Post-Tridentine Syndrome and the Ancien Régime (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 22, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780521893787
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; History: World; History; History - General History; Italy; Europe - General; History / Europe / General
First sentence: "Rome leaves me with the impression of a provincial town in comparison to Paris," so the French financier Bergeret de Grancourt tells us of his visit to the papal capital in 1773.