Spanish Rome, 1500-1700 / Thomas James Dandelet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dandelet, Thomas James, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Foreign relations--Spain.

Catholic Church.

Rome (Italy)--History--1420-1798.

Rome (Italy).

Papal States--Politics and government.

Papal States.

Spain--Foreign relations--Catholic Church.

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource ([x], 278 p.) ) ill., maps, ports.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Rome was an aged but still vigorous power while Spain was a rising giant on track toward becoming the world's most powerful and first truly global empire. This book tells the fascinating story of the meeting of these two great empires at a critical moment in European history. Thomas Dandelet explores for the first time the close relationship between the Spanish Empire and Papal Rome that developed in the dynamic period of the Italian Renaissance and the Spanish Golden Age. The author examines on the one hand the role the Spanish Empire played in shaping Roman politics, economics, culture, society, and religion and on the other the role the papacy played in Spanish imperial politics and the development of Spanish absolutism and monarchical power.Reconstructing the large Spanish community in Rome during this period, the book reveals the strategies used by the Spanish monarchs and their agents that successfully brought Rome and the papacy under their control. Spanish ambassadors, courtiers, and merchants in Rome carried out a subtle but effective conquest by means of a distinctive "informal" imperialism, which relied largely on patronage politics. As Spain's power grew, Rome enjoyed enormous gains as well, and the close relations they developed became a powerful influence on the political, social, economic, and religious life not only of the Iberian and Italian peninsulas but also of Catholic Reformation Europe as a whole.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER 1

FOUNDATIONS 6

CHAPTER 2

CHARLES V AND THE SPANISH MYTH OF ROME 34

CHAPTER 3

THE ROMAN WORLD IN THE AGE OF PHILIP II 53

CHAPTER 4

THE PEOPLE OF SPANISH ROME o09

CHAPTER 5

THE PIETY OF SPANISH ROME 60

CHAPTER 6

URBAN VIII AND THE DECLINE OF SPANISH ROME 88

CHAPTER 7

SPANISH REVIVAL AND RESILIENCE, 1650-1700 202.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611722814

9781281722812

1281722812

9780300133776

0300133774

OCLC:

1024018324