The early modern papacy : from the Council of Trent to the French Revolution, 1564-1789 / A.D. Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, A. D. (Anthony David)

Series:

Longman history of the papacy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Papacy--History--1566-1799.

Papacy.

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 335 pages : map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Longman, 2000.

Summary:

An Exploration of the extent and limitations of Papal power in the period after the Council of Trent in the mid-Sixteenth century, during the 'long' history of the Counter-Reformation. Europe and the wider world were religiously divided in the build-up to the French revolution. The book Challenges the view that the development of Papal authority during this period simply reflected the 'Absolutism' of secular governments of the European Ancien regime. Examines multiple commitments of the Popes of this period, including: the Bishop of Rome, Metropolitan of the Roman Ecclesiastical Province, Primatial Leader of the Italian Church, Patriarchal of the Catholic Church in Western Europe, Supreme Pontiff, Ruler of the Papal States in Central Italy. For anyone interested in religious history, history of the Catholic Church, Italian history or Early Modern European History. Also available in Cloth: 0-582-087481 $79.95.

Contents:

An influential model 2

Papal office and Holy Office 11

An alternative view 13

Outside Italy 14

Further European contrasts 17

The non-Catholic world 19

Beyond Christian Europe 21

2 The Bishop of Rome 25

A Tridentine diocese 26

Conclaves 47

The popes' background 52

Popes' memorials 55

Pastoral tradition 59

3 Metropolitan initiative and provincial reaction 65

A provincial council 65

The college of cardinals 68

The Suburbicarian Sees 81

Benevento, Bologna and other dioceses 83

Avignon 86

Non-Romans 88

Popes and religious orders 91

4 Primatial leadership and Italian problems 102

An Italian primacy 104

The Roman Curia 111

Cardinal Nephews 113

Milan 114

Italian conditions and foreign pressures 118

Galileo 127

External influence and Italian transformation 134

Papal resilience 137

5 Patriarchal authority in Western Europe and political obstacles 146

Rites and patriarchates 146

Bohemia 150

Utrecht 151

Conditions in the European states 153

A window of opportunity 171

France and Jansenism 172

The wider context 175

Long-term repercussions 185

6 The Supreme Pontiff 189

The Orthodox 189

Protestantism 191

Jewish communities 205

Islam 208

Overseas mission 212

7 'The Papal Prince' 231

Papal sovereignty 232

Papal finance 234

Roman civic administration 245

The papal states: Bologna 258

Governing the papal states 263

The Tridentine papacy 271

A test-case: Pius V 272

Continued evolution 280

The image of papal Rome 284

The reality of papal authority 286

Map 1 Italy in 1564 320

Map 2 Political divisions during the eighteenth century 322.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0582087481

0582087473

OCLC:

41977150