Renaissance Cardinals and their Worldly Problems
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clerical household management
episcopal non-residence
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Gonzaga cardinal correspondence analysis
humanist secretaries Renaissance
Italian church governance
Mantua ecclesiastical archives
papal court politics
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- ISBN 9780860786146
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 150 x 224mm
- Publication Date: 06 Mar 1997
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The worldly affairs of holders of high ecclesiastical office in the Renaissance period have a fascination not merely due to scandals and notoriety, but because they are so charged with ambiguity and because, from the 13th to the 17th centuries, porporati had so much more power and influence in the world than subsequently. Drawing upon documentary material from a variety of Italian and ecclesiastical sources, above all from the Gonzaga archives and its wealth of correspondence files and registers, these essays (including one previously unpublished) explore the private and public lives, the practical commitments and economic resources, and the moral dilemmas of the cardinals and their dependents in Renaissance Italy. The volume includes one hitherto unpublished study, and a substantial section of additional notes.
D.S. Chambers, Warburg Institute, University of London, UK
