The office of ceremonies and advancement in Curial Rome, 1466-1528 / / Jennifer Mara DeSilva.

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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, Volume 230
VerfasserIn:
Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; Volume 230.
Physical Description:1 online resource (266 pages)
Notes:This study explores the careers of Agostino Patrizi, Johann Burchard, and Paris de’ Grassi, who served in Rome’s Office of Ceremonies (c.1466-1528). Amid heightened competition, their diverse strategies achieved personal and institutional successes and lasting impacts on the Catholic Church.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Jennifer Mara DeSilva
  • Copyright page / Jennifer Mara DeSilva
  • Acknowledgements / Jennifer Mara DeSilva
  • Figures and Tables / Jennifer Mara DeSilva
  • Abbreviations / Jennifer Mara DeSilva
  • List of Pontificates, 1420–1605 / Jennifer Mara DeSilva
  • A Note on Names / Jennifer Mara DeSilva
  • Introduction / Jennifer Mara DeSilva
  • Chapter 1 The Curia and the Office of Ceremonies / Jennifer Mara DeSilva
  • Chapter 2 The Development of the Office of Ceremonies / Jennifer Mara DeSilva
  • Chapter 3 The Office-Holders: Origins and Strategies / Jennifer Mara DeSilva
  • Chapter 4 The Office-Holder’s Great Goal: A Bishopric / Jennifer Mara DeSilva
  • Chapter 5 Tools of the Profession: Ceremonial Diaries and Guides / Jennifer Mara DeSilva
  • Chapter 6 Curial Authors / Jennifer Mara DeSilva
  • Chapter 7 Clerical Ambition in the Papal Chapel / Jennifer Mara DeSilva
  • Conclusion / Jennifer Mara DeSilva
  • Bibliography / Jennifer Mara DeSilva
  • Index / Jennifer Mara DeSilva.