The Vacant See in Early Modern Rome

A Social History of the Papal Interregnum
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-31377-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 200, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

Reihe: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions

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’s 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’s 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hunt, John M

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Christentum und Gesellschaft, Kirche und Politik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
List of maps
List of images
List of abbreviations
Notes on currency, measurements, and time
List of popes and their vacant sees

Introduction
Rome and its people
The vacant see and historians
Criminal sources and the vacant see

Chapter One The papal hydra: The political structures of the vacant see
The Pope’s relatives
The College of Cardinals
Noble offices of the vacant see
Jurisdictional battles

Chapter Two The Pope is dead! Rumor and ritual in the vacant see
Rumors and the Pope’s death
Announcing the Pope’s death
“Sic transit gloria mundi”: Papal funeral rites

Chapter Three Fear and loathing in the vacant see
The surge in violence
A city of soldiers
The paradox of protection

Chapter Four Violence and vengeance in the vacant see
Waiting for vengeance
The motives behind revenge
The scripted violence of revenge

Chapter Five Protesting the Papal Prince
The liberty of the vacant see
Ritual assaults against papal statues
Pasquino and the pasquinade tradition
Protesting the Pope’s princely soul

Chapter Six The conclave and the people of Rome
The porous conclave
The market and the conclave
The conclave and the public sphere
The election and its public reception

Conclusion
The two ceremonies of the papal inauguration
The vacant see, popes and the people

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

John M. Hunt, Ph.D. (2009), Ohio State University, is an Assistant Professor of History at Utah Valley University. He has published numerous articles on early modern Rome, including “Carriages, Violence, and Masculinity in Early Modern Rome,” winner of the I Tatti Prize for best essay by a junior scholar.