Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-292) and index.
Contents:
Index. List of illustrations -- List of abbreviations -- The vacant see, Popes, and the people -- Popes and their vacant sees (1559-1655) -- Introduction -- Rome and its people -- The vacant see and historians -- Criminal sources and the vacant see -- The papal hydra : the politics of the vacant see -- The Pope's relatives -- The college of cardinals -- The Popolo Romano -- Noble offices of the vacant see -- Jurisdictional Battles -- 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 -- Fear and loathing in the vacant see -- The surge in violence -- A city of soldiers -- The paradox of protection -- Violence and vengeance in the vacant see -- Waiting for vengeance -- The motives behind vengeance -- The scripted violence of revenge -- 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 -- The conclave and the people of Rome -- The porous conclave -- The market and the conclave -- The conclave and public opinion -- The election and its public reception -- Conclusion -- The two ceremonies of the Papal inauguration -- The vacant see, Popes, and the people -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary:
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.
Series:
Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, 1573-4188 ; Volume 200
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