A companion to the early modern cardinal / / edited by Mary Hollingsworth, Miles Pattenden, Arnold Witte.

• Superior document: Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; Volume 91
• TeilnehmendeR: Hollingsworth, Mary,; Pattenden, Miles,; Witte, Arnold Alexander,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; Volume 91.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

A Companion to the Early Modern Cardinal is the first comprehensive overview of its subject in English or any language. Cardinals are best known as the pope’s electors, but in the centuries from 1400 to 1800 they were so much more: pastors, inquisitors, diplomats, bureaucrats, statesmen, saints; entrepreneurs and investors; patrons of the arts, of music, literature, and science. Thirty-five essays explain their social background, positions and roles in Rome and beyond, and what they meant for wider society. This volume shows the impact which those men who took up the purple had in their respective fields and how their tenure of office shaped the entangled histories of Rome and the Catholic Church from a European and global perspective.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Figures and Tables -- Notes on Editors and Contributors -- Introduction / Mary Hollingsworth, Miles Pattenden and Arnold Witte -- The Concept and Function -- The Medieval Background to the Cardinal’s Office / Barbara Bombi -- The College of Cardinals / Miles Pattenden -- The Rituals of the Cardinalate: Creation and Abdication / Jennifer Mara DeSilva -- Cardinals in Conclave / Mary Hollingsworth -- The Cardinal Nephew / Birgit Emich -- Cardinals and the Church -- Cardinals, Bishops, and Councils / Bernward Schmidt -- Cardinals and the Inquisition / Vincenzo Lavenia -- Cardinal Protectors of Religious Institutions / Arnold Witte -- Cardinals and the Apostolic Penitentiary / Kirsi Salonen -- Cardinals and Theology / Jean-Pascal Gay -- Cardinals and Secular Power -- Cardinal Legates and Nuncios / Alexander Koller -- Cardinal Protectors and National Interests / Bertrand Marceau -- Cardinals as National Politicians / Joseph Bergin -- Cardinals as Prince-Bishops / Bettina Braun -- Property and Wealth -- The Social Background and Education of Cardinals / Maria Antonietta Visceglia -- The Cardinal’s Household / Mary Hollingsworth -- Cardinals’ Property and Income / Lucinda Byatt -- Cardinals’ Testaments: Piety and Charity / Fausto Nicolai -- Cardinals and Rome -- Cardinals and the Government of the Papal States / Irene Fosi -- Cardinals and the Vacant See / John M. Hunt -- Cardinals and Their Titular Churches / Arnold Witte -- Cardinals’ Palaces: Architecture and Decoration / Patricia Waddy -- Cardinals and Mission -- Cardinals and the Non-Christian World / Miles Pattenden -- Cardinals and the Greek and Eastern Churches / Camille Rouxpetel -- Cardinals and the Creation of the Spanish Americas / Luis Martínez Ferrer -- Cardinals and the Congregation of the Propaganda Fide / Giovanni Pizzorusso -- Cardinals and Literature -- The Early Modern Historiography of Early Modern Cardinals / Miles Pattenden and Arnold Witte -- Treatises on the Ideal Cardinal / David S. Chambers -- Life-Writing and the Saintly Cardinal / Pamela M. Jones -- Cardinals and the Culture of Libraries and Learning / Maria Pia Donato -- Cardinals and the Visual Arts -- Cardinals as Patrons of the Visual Arts / Piers Baker-Bates, Mary Hollingsworth and Arnold Witte -- The Cardinal’s Wardrobe / Carol M. Richardson -- Portraits of Early Modern Cardinals / Clare Robertson -- Cardinals’ Tombs / Philipp Zitzlsperger -- Cardinals, Music, and Theatre / Franco Piperno -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index of Historical Persons.