The Office of Ceremonies and Advancement in curial Rome, 1466-1528:

"This cultural and institutional history explores the careers of men who served in Rome's Office of Ceremonies during the papal court's growth period (c.1466-1528), in order to understand how the smallest papal college stands as a model of early modern curial advancement. The experien...

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1. Verfasser: DeSilva, Jennifer Mara 1976- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2022]
Schriftenreihe:Studies in Medieval and Reformation traditions volume 230
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Zusammenfassung:"This cultural and institutional history explores the careers of men who served in Rome's Office of Ceremonies during the papal court's growth period (c.1466-1528), in order to understand how the smallest papal college stands as a model of early modern curial advancement. The experiences and textual contributions of three ceremonialists, Agostino Patrizi, Johann Burchard, and Paris de' Grassi, show diverse strategies and origins, but similar concerns and achievements. In a period of heightened competition and increasing pressure for regularization and reform, the Office's professionalization and their combined office-holding, networks, and textual production, reveal how early modern curialists got ahead. This study shows the complexity of successful advancement strategies that were cultivated over decades and stretched far beyond papal support"
Beschreibung:XI, 252 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm
ISBN:9789004444935