Episcopal reform and politics in early modern Europe / edited by Jennifer Mara DeSilva.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

DeSilva, Jennifer Mara, 1976-

Series:

Early modern studies series ; 10.

Early modern studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Bishops--History.

Catholic Church.

Episcopacy--History.

Episcopacy.

Clergy--Office--History.

Clergy.

Christianity and politics--Catholic Church--History.

Christianity and politics.

Christianity and politics--Europe--History.

Council of Trent (1545-1563 : Trento, Italy).

Council of Trent.

History.

Christianity and politics--Catholic Church.

Clergy--Office.

Bishops.

Europe--Church history.

Europe.

Church history.

Physical Description:

xiv, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Kirksville, MO : Truman State University Press, [2012]

Summary:

In the tumultuous period of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when ecclesiastical reform spread across Europe, the traditional role of the bishop as a public exemplar of piety, morality, and communal administration came under attack. In communities where there was tension between religious groups or between spiritual and secular governing bodies, the bishop became a lightning rod for struggles over hierarchical authority and institutional autonomy. These struggles were intensified by the ongoing negotiation of the episcopal role and by increased criticism of the cleric, especially during periods of religious war and in areas that embraced reformed churches. This volume contextualizes the diversity of episcopal experience across early modern Europe, while showing the similarity of goals and challenges among various confessional, social, and geographical communities. Until now there have been few studies that examine the spectrum of responses to contemporary challenges, the high expectations, and the continuing pressure bishops faced in their public role as living examples of Christian ideals. Contributors include: William V. Hudon, Jennifer Mara DeSilva, Raymond A. Powell, Hans Cools, Antonella Perin, John Alexander, John Christopoulos, Jill Fehleison, Linda Lierheimer, Celeste McNamara, Jean-Pascal Gay

Contents:

Foreword: The local nature of episcopal reform in the age of the Council of Trent / William V. Hudon

Introduction: A living example / Jennifer Mara DeSilva

A hierarchy that had fought : episcopal promotion during the reign of Mary I (1553-58) and the roots of episcopal resistance to the Elizabethan religious settlement / Raymond A. Powell

Bishops in the Habsburg Netherlands on the eve of the Catholic renewal, 1515-59 / Hans Cools

Office and patronage in mid-sixteenth-century Tortona / Antonella Perin and John Alexander

The absentee bishop in residence : Paris de' Grassi, Bishop of Pesaro, 1513-28 / Jennifer Mara DeSilva

Papal authority, episcopal reservation, and abortion in sixteenth-century Italy / John Christopoulos

Ministering to Catholics and Protestants alike : the preaching, polemics, and pastoral care of François de Sales / Jill Fehleison

Gender, resistance, and the limits of episcopal authority : Sébastian Zamet's relationships with nuns, 1615-55 / Linda Lierheimer

Challenges to episcopal authority in seventeenth-century Padua / Celeste McNamara

Trials that should have been : the question of judicial jurisdiction over French bishops in the seventeenth century and the self-narration of the Roman Inquisition / Jean-Pascal Gay.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781612480725

1612480721

9781612480749

1612480748

OCLC:

806015017