Early Modern Studies. Episcopal Reform and Politics in Early Modern Europe / / ed. by Jennifer Mara DeSilva.

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• MitwirkendeR: Alexander, John,; Christopoulos, John,; Cools, Hans,; DeSilva, Jennifer Mara,; Fehleison, Jill,; Gay, Jean-Pascal,; Hudon, William V.,; Lierheimer, Linda,; McNamara, Celeste,; Perin, Antonella,; Powell, Raymond A.,
• HerausgeberIn: DeSilva, Jennifer Mara,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Early Modern Studies ; 10
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)

In the tumultuous period of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when ecclesiastical reform spread across Europe, the traditional role of the bishop as a public exemplar of piety, morality, and communal administration came under attack. In communities where there was tension between religious groups or between spiritual and secular governing bodies, the bishop became a lightning rod for struggles over hierarchical authority and institutional autonomy. These struggles were intensified by the ongoing negotiation of the episcopal role and by increased criticism of the cleric, especially during periods of religious war and in areas that embraced reformed churches. This volume contextualizes the diversity of episcopal experience across early modern Europe, while showing the similarity of goals and challenges among various confessional, social, and geographical communities. Until now there have been few studies that examine the spectrum of responses to contemporary challenges, the high expectations, and the continuing pressure bishops faced in their public role as living examples of Christian ideals.Contributors include: William V. Hudon, Jennifer Mara DeSilva, Raymond A. Powell, Hans Cools, Antonella Perin, John Alexander, John Christopoulos, Jill Fehleison, Linda Lierheimer, Celeste McNamara, Jean-Pascal Gay

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword: The Local Nature of Episcopal Reform in the Age of the Council of Trent -- Introduction: A Living Example -- Part 1: Episcopal Authority -- Hierarchy that Had Fought: Episcopal Promotion during the Reign of Mary I (1553–58) and the Roots of Episcopal Resistance to the Elizabethan Religious Settlement -- Bishops in the Habsburg Netherlands on the Eve of the Catholic Renewal, 1515–59 -- Office and Patronage in Mid-Sixteenth-Century Tortona -- Part 2: Pastoral Practice -- The Absentee Bishop in Residence: Paris de’ Grassi, Bishop of Pesaro, 1513–28 -- Papal Authority, Episcopal Reservation, and Abortion in Sixteenth-Century Italy -- Ministering to Catholics and Protestants Alike: The Preaching, Polemics, and Pastoral Care of François de Sales -- Part 3: Clerical Reform -- Gender, Resistance, and the Limits of Episcopal Authority: Sébastien Zamet’s Relationships with Nuns, 1615–55 -- Challenges to Episcopal Authority in Seventeenth-Century Padua -- Trials That Should Have Been: The Question of Judicial Jurisdiction over French Bishops in the Seventeenth Century and the Self-Narration of the Roman Inquisition -- Contributors -- Index