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Book SynopsisAt the end of the sixteenth century, when painters, writers, and scientists from all over Europe flocked to Rome for creative inspiration, the city was also becoming the center of a vibrant and assertive Roman Catholic culture. Closely identified with Rome, the Counter-Reformation church sought to strengthen itself by building on Rome's symbolic va
Trade ReviewWinner of the 1997 Howard R. Marraro Prize, American Catholic Historical Association "This is a valuable book. Its prolific notes offers a rich texture of detail. Its seven chapters approach roughly the same subject matter from different angles, so that some readers may wish for a more chronological or more analytic approach, but given the complexity of the subject the method works well."--Theological Studies
Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction3Ch. 1Roman Eloquence and Christian Virtue: A Paideia for Defenders of the Respublica Christiana9Ch. 2"Vices and Virtues, Punishment and Glory": Homiletic Instructions, Sacred Rhetoric, and Zeal for the Word of God29Ch. 3"And to Heare the Maner of the Italian Preacher... ": Tridentine Rome and the Ambience of the Sacred Orator62Ch. 4"To Penetrate into the Deep-Down Things ... ": Arcana Dei and the Majesty of the Papal Liturgy87Ch. 5Right Thinking: Conformity, Militant Catholicism, and the Return to Discipline108Ch. 6Like "A Sundial Set into a Rock": The Supreme Hierarch of the Church Militant139Ch. 7From Vices to Virtues, Punishment to Glory: Rome, Civitas Sancta167Conclusion191Appendix 1: Liturgical Texts for the Feasts Celebrated by the Papal Court with a Latin Sermon193Appendix 2: List of Popes195Abbreviations Used in Notes197Notes201Bibliographical Essay321Index325
