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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2020 Bainton Prize for Reference Works A Companion to Early Modern Rome, 1492-1692, edited by Pamela M. Jones, Barbara Wisch, and Simon Ditchfield, is a unique multidisciplinary study offering innovative analyses of a wide range of topics. The 30 chapters critique past and recent scholarship and identify new avenues for research.
Trade Review"The volume is an outstanding summary of the state of research and a showcase for innovative work across a range of disciplines. Each essay presents a succinct and focused discussion, with an analysis of previous literature and a conclusion that outlines possibilities for future research. Contributions by several leading Italian scholars are presented in translation. Covering an admirably comprehensive range of topics, the chapters chart exciting prospects particularly for collaboration and interdisciplinary work [...] This is an important and enjoyable book, which does greater justice to the entirety of the Roman experience in the early modern period than any similar compilation. The editors must be thanked not only for the unusual degree to which the studies relate to one another but also for the remarkable unity of style- something that is all too rare in volumes of collected papers- that makes this book relevant both for scholars seeking the 'state of the question' and for non-academics and students." - Kathleen Christian, in: College Art Association Reviews, November 2019 [Click here for full review.] "A Companion to Early Modern Rome, 1492-1692 brings together a wide array of scholars to present snapshots of Rome, provide the most up-to-date survey of recent scholarship, and give insights into future avenues to explore. While each chapter stands alone well, taken together a richer picture of early modern Rome emerges, one in which the various aspects of its history come fuller into dialogue with one another. [...] On the whole, this is a masterful collection." - Robert John Cines, in: Journal of Jesuit Studies 6 (2019) "The volume includes a multidisciplinary study of early modern Rome by focusing on the 16th and 17th centuries by re-examining traditional topics anew. This volume will be of tremendous use to scholars and students because its focus is very well conceptualized and organized, while still covering a breadth of topics. The authors celebrate Rome’s diversity by exploring its role not only as the seat of the Catholic church, but also as home to large communities of diplomats, printers, and working artisans, all of whom contributed to the city’s visual, material, and musical cultures". Roland H.Bainton Prizes "This volume, part of Brill’s useful Companions series, aims to be invaluable to scholars of early modern Rome. To that end, the three editors, each a giant in the field, have compiled thirty brief articles across a wide range of disciplines and approaches. They explicitly seek to counter simplistic narratives that reduce every aspect of the city to a papally-directed Counter-Reformation narrative, or that fall back on narrow attempts to pinpoint moments of rise and fall. In this, they succeed admirably. The Rome that emerges from these articles is dynamic, complex, and polycentric. The editors’ introduction beautifully explicates the layers of symbolism and metaphor that enwrap the city, and the thirty-three authors are experts writing at the top of their game. This volume will become the certain starting point for future research on any of its given topics. [...] the Companion to Early Modern Rome represents a major accomplishment, immediately necessary both in the classroom and in research preparation. In its careful attention to producing a history that celebrates nuance and complexity, while remaining focussed, clear and readable, it should serve as a model for all aspects of early modern scholarship". Emily Michelson, in Archivum Historicum Societatis Ies.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures List of Contributors Introduction Pamela M. Jones, Barbara Wisch and Simon Ditchfield part 1: Urbi et Orbi: Governing the City and International Politics 1 A Civic Identity Eleonora Canepari and Laurie Nussdorfer 2 The Roman Curia Miles Pattenden 3 Diplomatic Culture in Early Modern Rome Toby Osborne 4 Liturgical, Ritual, and Diplomatic Spaces at St. Peter’s and the Vatican Palace: the Innovations of Paul IV, Urban VIII, and Alexander VII Margaret A. Kuntz 5 Rome and the Vacant See John M. Hunt 6 Justice and Crime Elizabeth S. Cohen and Thomas V. Cohen 7 Romanus and Catholicus: Counter-Reformation Rome as Caput Mundi Simon Ditchfield 8 Celebrating New Saints in Rome and Across the Globe Pamela M. Jones part 2: When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do: Living in the City and Campagna 9 The Plural City: Urban Spaces and Foreign Communities Irene Fosi 10 Rome’s Economic Life, 1492–1692 Renata Ago 11 “Charitable” Assistance between Lay Foundations and Pontifical Initiatives Anna Esposito 12 Building Brotherhood: Confraternal Piety, Patronage, and Place Barbara Wisch 13 Ghettoization: the Papal Enclosure and its Jews Katherine Aron-Beller 14 Roma Theatrum Mundi: Festivals and Processions in the Ritual City Minou Schraven 15 Roma Sonora: an Atlas of Roman Sounds and Musics Daniele V. Filippi part 3: Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day: Mapping, Planning, Building, and Display 16 Mapping Rome’s Rebirth Jessica Maier 17 Papal Urban Planning and Renewal: Real and Ideal, c.1471–1667 Carla Keyvanian 18 Renovatio Aquae: Aqueducts, Fountains, and the Tiber River in Early Modern Rome Katherine W. Rinne 19 Palace Architecture and Decoration in Early Modern Rome Stephanie C. Leone 20 The Cultural Landscape of the Villa in Early Modern Rome Denis Ribouillault 21 Elite Patronage and Collecting Lisa Beaven 22 Middle-Class Patronage, Collecting, and the Art Market Patrizia Cavazzini 23 Roman Church Architecture: the Early Modern Facade John Beldon Scott 24 Scale, Space, and Spectacle: Church Decoration in Rome, 1500–1700 Arnold A. Witte part 4: Ars longa, vita brevis: Intellectual Life in the Eternal City 25 The Three Rs: Education in Early Modern Rome Christopher Carlsmith 26 Institutions and Dynamics of Learned Exchange Kenneth Gouwens 27 Scientific and Medical Knowledge in Early Modern Rome Elisa Andretta and Federica Favino 28 Roman Antiquities and Christian Archaeology Giuseppe Antonio Guazzelli 29 Printers and Publishers in Early Modern Rome Evelyn Lincoln 30 Sites and Sightseers: Rome through Foreign Eyes Jeffrey Collins Appendix: List of Popes, 1492–1692 Bibliography Index
