Pope Paul III and the cultural politics of reform : 1534-1549 / Bryan Cussen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cussen, Bryan, author.

Series:

Renaissance history, art and culture.

Renaissance history, art and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paul III, Pope, 1468-1549.

Paul.

Catholic Church--History--16th century.

Catholic Church.

Christianity and culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2020.

Summary:

When Paul III was elected in 1534, hopes arose across Christendom that this pope would at last reform and reunite the Church. During his fifteen-year reign, though, Paul's engagement with reform was complex and contentious. A work of cultural history, this book explores how cultural narratives of honour and tradition, including how honour played out in politics, significantly constrained Pope Paul and his chosen reformers in framing strategies for change. Indeed, the reformers' programme would have undermined the culture of honour and weakened Rome's capacity to ward off current threats of invasion. The study makes a provocative case that Paul called the Council of Trent to contain reform rather than promote it. Nevertheless, Paul and the Council did sow seeds of reform that eventually became central to the Counter-Reformation. This book thus sheds new light on a pope whose relationship to reform has long been regarded as an enigma.

Contents:

Humanism and honour in the making of Alessandro Farnese

Pathways to honour

Tradition and reform

The Consilium and reform constrained

Pax et Concordia

politics and reform

The Ottoman threat

The Council of Trent

Reform in the twilight years.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Nov 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-70169-8

90-485-5025-4

9781003701699

OCLC:

1176192805