Liturgy, sanctity, and history in Tridentine Italy

This book brings together for the first time detailed analyses of Tridentine liturgical reform, Counter-Reformation sanctity and the late Renaissance 'revolution' in historical method. Thus it redraws traditional historical boundaries, and offers an original and challenging reappraisal of the relations between Rome and its local Italian churches during the 150 years after the closure of the Council of Trent in 1564. A fundamentally new context is also provided for the work of Cesare Baronio, 'father' of Counter-Reformation historical scholarship, and of his regional counterparts. The examination of the writings of one such local Baronio, Pietro Maria Campi of Piacenza (1569-1649), acts as a focus for this study, which also includes the fullest account yet published of Counter-Reformation canonisation procedure, as well as the first extended scholarly treatment of Ferdinando Ughelli's Italia sacra, together with that work's long-term implications for Italian national history writing. The book further provides a comprehensive survey of Italian local hagiography and ecclesiastical history writing of the period.

First sentence: On 4 June 1620 Giovanni Battista Manfredini wrote a desperate letter to Pietro Maria Campi.

Year

1995

Language

English

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Editions

1

Pages

413

ISBN

9780521893206

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