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The 'Commentaries' of Pope Pius II (1458-1464) and the Crisis of the Fifteenth-Century Papacy /
"Written in the mid-fifteenth century, Pope Pius II's Commentaries are the only known autobiography of a reigning pontiff and a fundamental text in the history of Renaissance humanism. In this book, Emily O'Brien positions Pius' expansive autobiographical text within that century...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- The Commentaries of Pope Pius II (1458-1464) and the Crisis of the Fifteenth-Century Papacy
- Introduction
- 1. An Institution in Crisis: The Papal Monarchy on the Eve of Pius II's Pontificate
- 2. The Conciliar Crisis in the Career of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini and the Pontificate of Pius II
- 3. Papal Sovereignty and the Challenge of Princes: The Experience of Aeneas and Pius
- 4. Pius II and the Triumph over Conciliarism: A New Reading of the Commentaries
- 5. The Triumph over the Princes and the Triumph of a Prince
- 6. Portraits of Princes in the Portrait of Pius II
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index