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Carol M. Richardson, Reclaiming Rome: Cardinals in the Fifteenth Century (Brill’s Studies in Intellectual History 173). Brill, Leiden/Boston 2009, xxiv + 525 pp. ISBN 9789004171831. €99; US$145.

Carol M. Richardson, Reclaiming Rome: Cardinals in the Fifteenth Century (Brill’s Studies in... Carol Richardson has produced a monumental study that reveals the motives, process, and mechanics of the papacy’s fifteenth-century reclamation of the City of the Apostles. The end of the Schism (1378–1417) and the return to Rome of Pope Martin V in 1420 initiated a period of urban growth spearheaded by popes and actively pursued by cardinals through the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The subtext of this volume comprises a study of papal-cardinal relations, for Richardson argues that through the period under discussion cardinals moved from being the pope’s manipulators to being his instruments. This partnership provides the foundation for Richardson’s study, which focuses almost equally on cardinals and popes and emphasizes the importance of this relationship for peace and prosperity in Rome. Although the cardinals were more numerous, their wealth and potential often depended on papal patronage, while many cardinals followed papal models and encouragement. While cardinalatial and papal patronage and lifestyle occupy the majority of the volume, Richardson also sets out to distinguish what a cardinal was and review contemporary debates on role, theory, and practice. A tremendous cache of information builds up examples that establish theoretical behavioural norms, but sadly avoids discussing divergent streams of practice http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Church History and Religious Culture (formerly Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis) Brill

Carol M. Richardson, Reclaiming Rome: Cardinals in the Fifteenth Century (Brill’s Studies in Intellectual History 173). Brill, Leiden/Boston 2009, xxiv + 525 pp. ISBN 9789004171831. €99; US$145.

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
Copyright 2011 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
ISSN
1871-241X
eISSN
1871-2428
DOI
10.1163/18712411-1X609504
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Abstract

Carol Richardson has produced a monumental study that reveals the motives, process, and mechanics of the papacy’s fifteenth-century reclamation of the City of the Apostles. The end of the Schism (1378–1417) and the return to Rome of Pope Martin V in 1420 initiated a period of urban growth spearheaded by popes and actively pursued by cardinals through the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The subtext of this volume comprises a study of papal-cardinal relations, for Richardson argues that through the period under discussion cardinals moved from being the pope’s manipulators to being his instruments. This partnership provides the foundation for Richardson’s study, which focuses almost equally on cardinals and popes and emphasizes the importance of this relationship for peace and prosperity in Rome. Although the cardinals were more numerous, their wealth and potential often depended on papal patronage, while many cardinals followed papal models and encouragement. While cardinalatial and papal patronage and lifestyle occupy the majority of the volume, Richardson also sets out to distinguish what a cardinal was and review contemporary debates on role, theory, and practice. A tremendous cache of information builds up examples that establish theoretical behavioural norms, but sadly avoids discussing divergent streams of practice

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Church History and Religious Culture (formerly Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis)Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2011

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