The Renaissance in Rome

Charles L. Stinger

Indiana University Press, Sep 22, 1998 - History - 444 pages

" . . . comprehensive, readable, beautifully documented . . . I cannot imagine a library or a person seriously interested in Renaissance Rome without it." —Manuscripta

"Brilliant synthesis. A must." —Bibliotheque L'Humanisme et Renaissance

" . . . no book in English or otherwise covers the breadth of Renaissance Rome as this one does. It will be definitive for a long time." —Church History

" . . . attractively presented . . . stimulating . . . " —Renaissance Studies

"In lively prose . . . the author paints a complex multilayered image of compelling vividness." —History of European Ideas

A distinctively Roman Renaissance starting in the middle of the fifteenth century is the subject of Charles Stinger's celebrated study. Cultural history at its best, The Renaissance in Rome will inform both Renaissance and Reformation scholars, as well as general readers fascinated and affected by the Eternal City.

Contents

• Urbs Roma: 14
• Topography and Urban Realities 14 Rome of the Pilgrims: 31
• Liturgy and Ceremony 46 The Ancient City 59 The Subterra: 76
• The Renaissance Papacy and: 83
• The Renaissance Popes 83 Italian Politics 96 Europe: 123
• Theological Developments: 140
• The Primacy of Peter Princeps Apostolorum: 156
• Papalism vs Conciliarism 158 Humanists and the Primatus: 226
• The Renovatio Imperii and the Renovatio Romae: 235
• The Roman Imperium and the Pope as Caesar 238 Augustus: 282
• NOTES: 339
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 401
• INDEX: 429

About the author

CHARLES L. STINGER is Associate Dean and Professor of History at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is the author of Humanism and the Church Fathers: Ambrogio Traversari and Christian Antiquity in the Italian Renaissance and numerous essays and articles on Renaissance Rome.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Renaissance in Rome; ACLS Humanities E-Book
• Author: Charles L. Stinger
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1998
• ISBN: 0253212081, 9780253212085
• Length: 444 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / General; History / Europe / Italy; History / Europe / Renaissance; Religion / Christian Church / History