Electing the Pope in early modern Italy, 1450-1700 / Miles Pattenden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pattenden, Miles, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popes--Election--History.

Popes.

Papacy--History.

Papacy.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Miles Pattenden takes an analytic approach to the papal elections of the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries, with their ceremonial pomp and high drama, to understand the broader history of the early modern papacy and how this elite political group approached decision-making and problem-solving through four centuries of dramatic change in the Church.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. The Pope and his electors

3. Methods of election

4. The vacant see

5. Choosing candidates

6. The new Pope

7. Papal government

8. Conclusion

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 19, 2017).

ISBN:

0-19-251799-6

0-19-183880-2