1st Edition
Pope Paul III and the Cultural Politics of Reform 1534-1549
By Bryan Cussen
Copyright 2020
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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When Paul III was elected in 1534, hopes arose across Christendom that this pope would at last reform and reunite the Church. During his fifteen-year reign, though, Paul's engagement with reform was complex and contentious. A work of cultural history, this book explores how cultural narratives of honour and tradition, including how honour played out in politics, significantly constrained Pope Paul... Read more
Acknowledgements, List of Abbreviations, Note on Transcriptions, Note on Money, Introduction, Chapter 1 Humanism and Honour in the Making of Alessandro Farnese, Chapter 2 Pathways to Honour, Chapter 3 Tradition and Reform, Chapter 4 The Consilium and Reform Constrained, Chapter 5 Pax et Concordia - Politics and Reform, Chapter 6 The Ottoman Threat, Chapter 7 The Council of Trent, Chapter 8 Reform in the Twilight Years, Index
Biography
Bryan Cussen is a Research Associate in the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Monash University.
