Power and Religion in Baroque Rome

Barberini Cultural Policies

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Author(s)
Rietbergen, Peter
Collection
Knowledge Unlatched (KU)
Number
100623
Language
English
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Abstract
This study analyzes the ways in which a variety of cultural manifestations were the necessary preconditions for (religious) policy and power in the Rome of Urban VIII (1623-1644). Precisely their interaction created what we now call ‘Baroque Culture’.
URI
https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/38162
Keywords
History; Early Modern History; Barberini family; Cardinal (Catholic Church); Gigli; Pope; Rome; Vatican Library
DOI
10.1163/9789047417958
ISBN
9789047417958
OCN
965770289
Publisher
Brill
Publisher website
https://brill.com/
Publication date and place
2005
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Imprint
Brill
Series
Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, 135
Classification
European history
Pages
455
Public remark
Relevant Wikipedia pages: Barberini family - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barberini_family; Cardinal (Catholic Church) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church); Gigli - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigli; Pope - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope; Rome - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome; Vatican Library - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Library
Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/