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Civic Politics in the Rome of Urban VIII
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Civic Politics in the Rome of Urban VIII
Contributors:
By (Author) Laurie Nussdorfer
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
1st July 2019
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Regional, state and other local government
Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church
Dewey:
352.045632
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
320
Dimensions:
Width 178mm, Height 254mm
Description
In this colorful depiction of daily political life in Baroque Rome, Laurie Nussdorfer argues that the lay persons managed to sustain a civic government under the increased papal absolutism of Urban VIII (1623-1644), who oversaw both sacred and secular life. Focusing on the S.P.Q.R. (the Senate and the Roman People), which was ministered from the ca
