The Middle Ages bequeathed to the Modern Age the norms, rites and symbols that marked the often dramatic events accompanying the death of one pope and the election of his successor. The aim of this book is to interpret papal interregna from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries. In addition to the many aspects of continuity with the previous historical period, the specific contributions of the Modern Age are also examined. Until 1870, the pope’s simultaneous roles of territorial prince of the Ecclesiastical State and Vicar of Christ, as well as his change of residence (from the Vatican to the Quirinal), account for many of the innovations that we have identified. Readers will also learn how important political considerations were in the election of a pope during the Modern Age and how international power politics influenced factions among the cardinals. Even if every conclave had its own particular story, the work traces recurring dynamics and an ongoing tension between an aspiration for ecclesiastical autonomy and the penetration of external conflicts into the closed space of the conclaves.
Il Medioevo trasmette all’Età moderna le norme, i riti e i simboli che scandivano gli eventi spesso drammatici della morte del papa e dell’elezione del successore. Questo volume propone una lettura degli interregni papali dal XV al XIX secolo, evidenziando, oltre ai molti elementi di continuità con la fase storica precedente, gli apporti specifici dell’Età moderna. La compresenza fino al 1870 nella figura fisica del papa del principe territoriale dello Stato Ecclesiastico e del Vicario di Cristo e anche le trasformazioni della residenzialità del papa (dal Vaticano al Quirinale) spiegano molte delle innovazioni rituali che qui individuiamo. Il lettore scoprirà anche quanto forte fosse in Età moderna la dimensione politica della elezione papale e come i rapporti di forza internazionali condizionassero le fazioni cardinalizie. Anche se ciascun conclave aveva una sua storia, nel volume si rintracciano dinamiche ricorrenti e una tensione permanente tra l’aspirazione all’autonomia ecclesiastica e l’irruzione dei conflitti esterni nello spazio chiuso dei conclavi.
Morte e elezione del papa. Norme, riti e conflitti. L'Età moderna / Visceglia, Maria Antonietta. - STAMPA. - (2013), pp. 1-589.
Morte e elezione del papa. Norme, riti e conflitti. L'Età moderna
VISCEGLIA, Maria Antonietta
2013
Abstract
The Middle Ages bequeathed to the Modern Age the norms, rites and symbols that marked the often dramatic events accompanying the death of one pope and the election of his successor. The aim of this book is to interpret papal interregna from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries. In addition to the many aspects of continuity with the previous historical period, the specific contributions of the Modern Age are also examined. Until 1870, the pope’s simultaneous roles of territorial prince of the Ecclesiastical State and Vicar of Christ, as well as his change of residence (from the Vatican to the Quirinal), account for many of the innovations that we have identified. Readers will also learn how important political considerations were in the election of a pope during the Modern Age and how international power politics influenced factions among the cardinals. Even if every conclave had its own particular story, the work traces recurring dynamics and an ongoing tension between an aspiration for ecclesiastical autonomy and the penetration of external conflicts into the closed space of the conclaves.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.