Hunt, John M. (Assistant Professor of History). The vacant see in early modern Rome : a social history of the papal interregnum

Folger bibliographic ID: 348353
Folger call number: BX955.3 .H87 2016
Folger holdings ID: 499098

In The Vacant See in Early Modern Rome John M. Hunt offers a social history of the papal interregnum from 1559 to 1655. The study concentrates on the Roman people relationship with their sacred ruler. Using criminal sources from the Archivio di Stato di Roma and Vatican sources, Hunt emphasizes the violent and tumultuous nature of the lapse in papal authority that followed the pope death. The vacant see was a time in which Romans of modest social backgrounds claimed unprecedented power. From personal acts of revenge to collective protests staged at the Capitol Hill and citywide discussions of the papal election the vacant see provided Romans with a unique opportunity for political involvement in an age of omnipresent hierarchy

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-292) and index In The Vacant See in Early Modern Rome John M. Hunt offers a social history of the papal interregnum from 1559 to 1655. The study concentrates on the Roman people relationship with their sacred ruler. Using criminal sources from the Archivio di Stato di Roma and Vatican sources, Hunt emphasizes the violent and tumultuous nature of the lapse in papal authority that followed the pope death. The vacant see was a time in which Romans of modest social backgrounds claimed unprecedented power. From personal acts of revenge to collective protests staged at the Capitol Hill and citywide discussions of the papal election the vacant see provided Romans with a unique opportunity for political involvement in an age of omnipresent hierarchy

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Acknowledgments -- Notes on currency, weights, and time --

Extended title: The vacant see in early modern Rome : a social history of the papal interregnum / by John M. Hunt

Papacy Vacancy of the Holy See

author: Hunt, John M. (Assistant Professor of History)