Rietbergen, P. J. A. N.. Power and religion in Baroque Rome : Barberini cultural policies

Folger bibliographic ID: 194449
Folger call number: DG797.9 R54 2006
Folger holdings ID: 235124

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Incomplete Contents

Introduction : when the bees flew -- Prologue : Giacinto Gigli, chronicler, or: power in the streets of Rome -- The Barberini build a chapel, or: rising to power in post-Tridentine Rome -- Maffeo Barberini-Urban VIII, the poet-Pope, or: the power of poetic propaganda -- The 'days and works' of Francesco, Cardinal Barberini, or: how to be a powerful cardinal-padrone? -- Prince Eckembergh comes to dinner, or: power through culinary ceremony -- The bare feet of St. Augustine, or: the power of religious images -- Lucas Holste (1596-1661), scholar and librarian, or: the power of books and libraries -- Ibrahim al-Hakilani (1605-1664), or: the power of scholarship and publishing -- Urban VIII between white magic and black magic, or: holy and unholy power -- Epilogue : the return of the muses: instruments of cultural policy in Barberini Rome, 1623-1644

Extended title: Power and religion in Baroque Rome : Barberini cultural policies / by Peter Rietbergen

Barberini, Francesco, 1597-1679 Rome Papacy Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644

author: Rietbergen, P. J. A. N.
subject: Barberini, Francesco, 1597-1679
subject: Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644