The 'Commentaries' of Pope Pius II (1458-1464) and the Crisis of the Fifteenth-Century Papacy / Emily O'Brien.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Brien, Emily, author.

Series:

Toronto Italian studies.

Toronto Italian Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464. Commentarii rerum memorabilium.

Pius.

Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464.

Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Historiography.

Church history.

Popes--Biography--History and criticism.

Popes.

Self-perception.

Autobiography.

Renaissance--Italy.

Renaissance.

Italy.

Commentarii rerum memorabilium (Pius II, Pope).

Genre:

Libros electronicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 335 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Written in the mid-fifteenth century, Pope Pius II's Commentaries are the only known autobiography of a reigning pontiff and a fundamental text in the history of Renaissance humanism. In this book, Emily O'Brien positions Pius' expansive autobiographical text within that century's contentious debate over ecclesiastical sovereignty. Presenting the Commentaries as Pius' response to the crisis of authority, legitimacy, and relevance that was engulfing the Renaissance papacy, she shows how the Commentaries function as both an aggressive assault on the papal monarchy's chief opponents and a systematic defense of Pius's own troubled pontificate and his pre-papal career. Illustrating how the language, imagery, and ideals of secular power inform Pius' apologetic self-portrait, The Commentaries of Pope Pius II (1458 1464) and the Crisis of the Fifteenth-Century Papacy demonstrates the role that Pius and his writings played in the evolution of the Renaissance papacy."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

The Commentaries of Pope Pius II (1458-1464) and the Crisis of the Fifteenth-Century Papacy

Introduction

1. An Institution in Crisis: The Papal Monarchy on the Eve of Pius II's Pontificate

2. The Conciliar Crisis in the Career of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini and the Pontificate of Pius II

3. Papal Sovereignty and the Challenge of Princes: The Experience of Aeneas and Pius

4. Pius II and the Triumph over Conciliarism: A New Reading of the Commentaries

5. The Triumph over the Princes and the Triumph of a Prince

6. Portraits of Princes in the Portrait of Pius II

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-315) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Okt 2018)

ISBN:

1-4426-9645-1

1-4426-9644-3

OCLC:

922926191