Pius IV and the Fall of The Carafa

Auteur: Pattenden, Miles (Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Bologna; associate member of the History Faculty at the University of Oxford)
Editeur: Oxford University Press
Reconstructs the events surrounding the prosecution of Pope Paul IV's nephews by his successor Pius IV and the impact this had on Counter-Reformation Rome. Offers a substantial reappraisal of how contemporaries viewed the ideas of nepotism and papal authority and demonstrates Pius' importance in shaping their development.

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Reconstructs the events surrounding the prosecution of Pope Paul IV's nephews by his successor Pius IV and the impact this had on Counter-Reformation Rome. Offers a substantial reappraisal of how contemporaries viewed the ideas of nepotism and papal authority and demonstrates Pius' importance in shaping their development.
ISBN / EAN 9780199670628
Auteur Pattenden, Miles (Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Bologna; associate member of the History Faculty at the University of Oxford)
Editeur Oxford University Press