Electing the Pope in early modern Italy, 1450-1700 /
Miles Pattenden.
- First edition.
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Miles Pattenden takes an analytic approach to the papal elections of the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries, with their ceremonial pomp and high drama, to understand the broader history of the early modern papacy and how this elite political group approached decision-making and problem-solving through four centuries of dramatic change in the Church.