Reclaiming Rome: Cardinals in the Fifteenth Century

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17183-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 173, 528 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 1031 g

Reihe: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History

The fifteenth century was a critical juncture for the College of Cardinals. They were accused of prolonging the exile in Avignon and causing the schism. At the councils at the beginning of the period their very existence was questioned. They rebuilt their relationship with the popes by playing a fundamental part in reclaiming Rome when the papacy returned to its city in 1420. Because their careers were usually much longer than that of an individual pope, the cardinals combined to form a much more effective force for restoring Rome. In this book, shifting focus from the popes to the cardinals sheds new light on a relatively unknown period for Renaissance art history and the history of Rome.

Dr. Carol M. Richardson has been awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize (2008) in the field of History of Arts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Richardson, Carol Mary

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures
Popes of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
Preface
Introduction

PART I: CARDINALS AND POPES
1. The crisis of the councils
2. From three colleges to one
3. Dignity and dress

PART II: CARDINALS AND ROME
4. Restoring Rome
5. Titular churches
6. Assigning titles
7. Property portfolios

PART III: CARDINALS AND ETERNITY
8. The St Peter’s problem
9. St Peter’s in the fifteenth century
10. Instructions for a good death

Epilogue
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Carol M. Richardson, Ph.D. (1996) Art History, University of St Andrews, is Lecturer in Art History at The Open University, UK. She has published various articles on the College of Cardinals and the Venerable English College, Rome, and on Renaissance art.