Civic Politics in the Rome of Urban VIII (eBook)

Laurie Nussdorfer (Autor)

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2019
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-19763-0 (ISBN)

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In this colorful depiction of daily political life in Baroque Rome, Laurie Nussdorfer argues that the lay persons managed to sustain a civic government under the increased papal absolutism of Urban VIII (1623-1644), who oversaw both sacred and secular life. Focusing on the S.P.Q.R. (the Senate and the Roman People), which was ministered from the capitoline Hill, she shows that it provided political representation for lay members of the urban elite, carried out the work of local government, and served as a symbol of the Roman voice in public life. Through a detailed study of how civic authorities derived their sense of legitimacy and how lay subjects maneuvered in informal and disguised ways to block or criticize the papal regime, the author advances a new way of conceiving politics under an absolute ruler.As Nussdorfer analyzes the complex interactions between the lay administration and Urban VIII and his family, the papal administration, and Romans of the upper and lower classes, she also provides fresh insights into the actual practice of early modern government. She takes the plague threat of the early 1630s, the War of Castro (1641-1644), and the interregnum following the pope's death as important test cases of the state's power in times of crisis.Laurie Nussdorfer is Assistant Professor of History and Letters at Wesleyan University.Originally published in 1992.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.4.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 180 x 180 mm
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Agnes of Rome • Alessandro Algardi • Alessandro Manzoni • American Academy in Rome • Antipope Alexander V • Antonio Barberini • Barberini family • Basilica • Borgo (rione of Rome) • Canonization • Capitoline Hill • Cardinal protector • Cardinal Vicar • Christendom • Christianity • city-state • College of Cardinals • Confraternity • Council of Trent • Counter-Reformation • Diocese of Rome • Duchy of Castro • Duke of Parma • edict • Electoral College (United States) • Francesco Barberini (1597–1679) • Gian Lorenzo Bernini • Gregorio Leti • Holy Roman Emperor • Holy Roman Empire • Institution • Italian renaissance • Italy in the Middle Ages • Jurisdiction • King of the Romans • Louis XIII of France • Ludovica Albertoni • Maffeo Barberini (1631–1685) • Major basilica • March on Rome • modern Rome • Monti (rione of Rome) • Municipal Law • New Laws • Nobility • notary • papal bull • Papal conclave • Papal Navy • Papal nobility • Papal States • Patrician (ancient Rome) • Patrician (post-Roman Europe) • Payment • petrarch • piazza del popolo • Piazza di Spagna • Pietro da Cortona • Politics • Pontiff • Pope • Pope Boniface VIII • Pope Clement VII • Pope Clement VIII • Pope Gregory XIII • Pope Leo X • Pope Martin V • Pope Paul III • Pope Sixtus IV • Pope Sixtus V • Pope Urban VIII • praetor • procession • Renaissance Papacy • Roman Baroque • roman citizenship • roman college • Roman Curia • Roman government • Roman magistrate • roman republic • Roman senate • Rome • San Francesco a Ripa • San Lorenzo in Damaso • San Pietro in Vincoli • Santa Maria in Vallicella • Society of Jesus • Søren Kierkegaard • Statute • St. Peter's Basilica • Taddeo Barberini • Tax • tommaso campanella • Trevi (rione of Rome) • Urban History • Vassal • Vatican Library • War of the Mantuan Succession • Wars of Castro
• ISBN-10: 0-691-19763-6 / 0691197636
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-19763-0 / 9780691197630