{"product_id":"right-thinking-and-sacred-oratory-in-counterreformation-rome-9780691606446","title":"Right Thinking and Sacred Oratory in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList 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","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403946139991,"sku":"9780691606446","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691606446.jpg?v=1730484965","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/right-thinking-and-sacred-oratory-in-counterreformation-rome-9780691606446","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}