The office of ceremonies and advancement in curial Rome, 1466-1528

"This cultural and institutional history explores the careers of men who served in Rome's Office of Ceremonies during the papal court's growth period (c.1466-1528), in order to understand how the smallest papal college stands as a model of early modern curial advancement. The experien...

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Main Author: DeSilva, Jennifer Mara 1976- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2022]
In: Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions (volume 230)
Year: 2022
Series/Journal:Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions volume 230
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Augustinus, Patricius 1436-1496 / Burchard, Johann 1450-1506 / Grassi, Paride 1470-1528 / Catholic church, Curia Romana / Master of ceremonies / Caeremoniale
Further subjects:B Burchard, Johann (-1506)
B Catholic Church Congregatio Caeremonialis History
B Church History Middle Ages, 600-1500
B Catholic Church History 16th century
B Patrizi Piccolomini, Agostino (approximately 1435-1496)
B Grassi, Paride (-1528)
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Summary:"This cultural and institutional history explores the careers of men who served in Rome's Office of Ceremonies during the papal court's growth period (c.1466-1528), in order to understand how the smallest papal college stands as a model of early modern curial advancement. The experiences and textual contributions of three ceremonialists, Agostino Patrizi, Johann Burchard, and Paris de' Grassi, show diverse strategies and origins, but similar concerns and achievements. In a period of heightened competition and increasing pressure for regularization and reform, the Office's professionalization and their combined office-holding, networks, and textual production, reveal how early modern curialists got ahead. This study shows the complexity of successful advancement strategies that were cultivated over decades and stretched far beyond papal support"--
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis Seite 221-242
ISBN:9004444939