Who Wrote the Lives of the Popes? Permutations of a Renaissance Myth
Since the fifteenth century, scholars have wondered about the authorship of the anonymous series of papal biographies from St. Peter onwards, now known as the Liber pontificalis. Bartolomeo Platina (ca. 1421-81) and Onofrio Panvinio (1530-68) were responsible for the false notion that “Anastasius th...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2021]
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The catholic historical review
Année: 2021, Volume: 107, Numéro: 1, Pages: 28-49 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Liber pontificalis
/ Attribution
/ Anastasius, Bibliothecarius 811-879
/ Mythe
/ Platina, Bartholomaeus 1421-1481
/ Panvinio, Onofrio 1530-1568
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| Classifications IxTheo: | KAD Haut Moyen Âge KAF Moyen Âge tardif KAH Époque moderne KCB Papauté |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Anastasius Bibliothecarius
B Liber Pontificalis B Papacy B Onofrio Panvinio B Bartolomeo Platina |
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| Résumé: | Since the fifteenth century, scholars have wondered about the authorship of the anonymous series of papal biographies from St. Peter onwards, now known as the Liber pontificalis. Bartolomeo Platina (ca. 1421-81) and Onofrio Panvinio (1530-68) were responsible for the false notion that “Anastasius the Librarian” was the book’s principal author. This article reconsiders why the myth of Anastasius was created and how it was passed on. It rejects the thesis by Girolamo Arnaldi that Platina created this myth on purpose, with the intention of furthering his own career. Rather, Platina produced the myth more or less accidentally. Yet this myth proved so powerful that it was not completely dispelled until the late nineteenth century. |
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| ISSN: | 1534-0708 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: The catholic historical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cat.2021.0001 |
