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A Companion to Early Modern Rome, 1492–1692
Series: - Brill's Companions to European History, Volume: 17
Winner of the 2020 Bainton Prize for Reference Works
This volume, edited by Pamela M. Jones, Barbara Wisch, and Simon Ditchfield, focuses on Rome from 1492-1692, an era of striking renewal: demographic, architectural, intellectual, and artistic. Rome’s most distinctive aspects--including its twin governments (civic and papal), unique role as the seat of global Catholicism, disproportionately male population, and status as artistic capital of Europe--are examined from numerous perspectives. This book of 30 chapters, intended for scholars and students across the academy, fills a noteworthy gap in the literature. It is the only multidisciplinary study of 16th- and 17th-century Rome that synthesizes and critiques past and recent scholarship while offering innovative analyses of a wide range of topics and identifying new avenues for research.
Committee's statement
"The volume includes a multidisciplinary study of early modern Rome by focusing on the 16th and 17th centuries by re-examining traditional topics anew. This volume will be of tremendous use to scholars and students because its focus is very well conceptualized and organized, while still covering a breadth of topics. The authors celebrate Rome’s diversity by exploring its role not only as the seat of the Catholic church, but also as home to large communities of diplomats, printers, and working artisans, all of whom contributed to the city’s visual, material, and musical cultures". Roland H.Bainton Prizes
Contributors are: Renata Ago, Elisa Andretta, Katherine Aron-Beller, Lisa Beaven, Eleonora Canepari, Christopher Carlsmith, Patrizia Cavazzini, Elizabeth S. Cohen, Thomas V. Cohen, Jeffrey Collins, Simon Ditchfield, Anna Esposito, Federica Favino, Daniele V. Filippi, Irene Fosi, Kenneth Gouwens, Giuseppe Antonio Guazzelli, John M. Hunt, Pamela M. Jones, Carla Keyvanian, Margaret A. Kuntz, Stephanie C. Leone, Evelyn Lincoln, Jessica Maier, Laurie Nussdorfer, Toby Osborne, Miles Pattenden, Denis Ribouillault, Katherine W. Rinne, Minou Schraven, John Beldon Scott, Barbara Wisch, Arnold A. Witte.
This volume, edited by Pamela M. Jones, Barbara Wisch, and Simon Ditchfield, focuses on Rome from 1492-1692, an era of striking renewal: demographic, architectural, intellectual, and artistic. Rome’s most distinctive aspects--including its twin governments (civic and papal), unique role as the seat of global Catholicism, disproportionately male population, and status as artistic capital of Europe--are examined from numerous perspectives. This book of 30 chapters, intended for scholars and students across the academy, fills a noteworthy gap in the literature. It is the only multidisciplinary study of 16th- and 17th-century Rome that synthesizes and critiques past and recent scholarship while offering innovative analyses of a wide range of topics and identifying new avenues for research.
Committee's statement
"The volume includes a multidisciplinary study of early modern Rome by focusing on the 16th and 17th centuries by re-examining traditional topics anew. This volume will be of tremendous use to scholars and students because its focus is very well conceptualized and organized, while still covering a breadth of topics. The authors celebrate Rome’s diversity by exploring its role not only as the seat of the Catholic church, but also as home to large communities of diplomats, printers, and working artisans, all of whom contributed to the city’s visual, material, and musical cultures". Roland H.Bainton Prizes
Contributors are: Renata Ago, Elisa Andretta, Katherine Aron-Beller, Lisa Beaven, Eleonora Canepari, Christopher Carlsmith, Patrizia Cavazzini, Elizabeth S. Cohen, Thomas V. Cohen, Jeffrey Collins, Simon Ditchfield, Anna Esposito, Federica Favino, Daniele V. Filippi, Irene Fosi, Kenneth Gouwens, Giuseppe Antonio Guazzelli, John M. Hunt, Pamela M. Jones, Carla Keyvanian, Margaret A. Kuntz, Stephanie C. Leone, Evelyn Lincoln, Jessica Maier, Laurie Nussdorfer, Toby Osborne, Miles Pattenden, Denis Ribouillault, Katherine W. Rinne, Minou Schraven, John Beldon Scott, Barbara Wisch, Arnold A. Witte.
Pamela M. Jones, Ph.D. (1985), Brown University, is Professor Emerita of Art History at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her books include Altarpieces and Their Viewers in the Churches of Rome from Caravaggio to Guido Reni (Ashgate, 2008).
Barbara Wisch, Ph.D. (1985), University of California, Berkeley, is Professor Emerita of Art History at SUNY Cortland. Her publications include the co-authored Acting on Faith: The Confraternity of the Gonfalone in Renaissance Rome (Saint Joseph's University Press, 2013).
Simon Ditchfield, Ph.D. (1991), Warburg Institute, is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of York (UK). Papacy and Peoples: The Making of Roman Catholicism as a World Religion, 1500-1700 is forthcoming from Oxford University Press.
Barbara Wisch, Ph.D. (1985), University of California, Berkeley, is Professor Emerita of Art History at SUNY Cortland. Her publications include the co-authored Acting on Faith: The Confraternity of the Gonfalone in Renaissance Rome (Saint Joseph's University Press, 2013).
Simon Ditchfield, Ph.D. (1991), Warburg Institute, is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of York (UK). Papacy and Peoples: The Making of Roman Catholicism as a World Religion, 1500-1700 is forthcoming from Oxford University Press.
"The volume is an outstanding summary of the state of research and a showcase for innovative work across a range of disciplines. Each essay presents a succinct and focused discussion, with an analysis of previous literature and a conclusion that outlines possibilities for future research. Contributions by several leading Italian scholars are presented in translation. Covering an admirably comprehensive range of topics, the chapters chart exciting prospects particularly for collaboration and interdisciplinary work [...] This is an important and enjoyable book, which does greater justice to the entirety of the Roman experience in the early modern period than any similar compilation. The editors must be thanked not only for the unusual degree to which the studies relate to one another but also for the remarkable unity of style- something that is all too rare in volumes of collected papers- that makes this book relevant both for scholars seeking the 'state of the question' and for non-academics and students." - Kathleen Christian, in: College Art Association Reviews, November 2019 [Click here for full review.]
"A Companion to Early Modern Rome, 1492-1692 brings together a wide array of scholars to present snapshots of Rome, provide the most up-to-date survey of recent scholarship, and give insights into future avenues to explore. While each chapter stands alone well, taken together a richer picture of early modern Rome emerges, one in which the various aspects of its history come fuller into dialogue with one another. [...] On the whole, this is a masterful collection." - Robert John Cines, in: Journal of Jesuit Studies 6 (2019)
"The volume includes a multidisciplinary study of early modern Rome by focusing on the 16th and 17th centuries by re-examining traditional topics anew. This volume will be of tremendous use to scholars and students because its focus is very well conceptualized and organized, while still covering a breadth of topics. The authors celebrate Rome’s diversity by exploring its role not only as the seat of the Catholic church, but also as home to large communities of diplomats, printers, and working artisans, all of whom contributed to the city’s visual, material, and musical cultures". Roland H.Bainton Prizes
"This volume, part of Brill’s useful Companions series, aims to be invaluable to scholars of early modern Rome. To that end, the three editors, each a giant in the field, have compiled thirty brief articles across a wide range of disciplines and approaches. They explicitly seek to counter simplistic narratives that reduce every aspect of the city to a papally-directed Counter-Reformation narrative, or that fall back on narrow attempts to pinpoint moments of rise and fall. In this, they succeed admirably. The Rome that emerges from these articles is dynamic, complex, and polycentric. The editors’ introduction beautifully explicates the layers of symbolism and metaphor that enwrap the city, and the thirty-three authors are experts writing at the top of their game. This volume will become the certain starting point for future research on any of its given topics. [...] the Companion to Early Modern Rome represents a major accomplishment, immediately necessary both in the classroom and in research preparation. In its careful attention to producing a history that celebrates nuance and complexity, while remaining focussed, clear and readable, it should serve as a model for all aspects of early modern scholarship". Emily Michelson, in Archivum Historicum Societatis Ies.
"A Companion to Early Modern Rome, 1492-1692 brings together a wide array of scholars to present snapshots of Rome, provide the most up-to-date survey of recent scholarship, and give insights into future avenues to explore. While each chapter stands alone well, taken together a richer picture of early modern Rome emerges, one in which the various aspects of its history come fuller into dialogue with one another. [...] On the whole, this is a masterful collection." - Robert John Cines, in: Journal of Jesuit Studies 6 (2019)
"The volume includes a multidisciplinary study of early modern Rome by focusing on the 16th and 17th centuries by re-examining traditional topics anew. This volume will be of tremendous use to scholars and students because its focus is very well conceptualized and organized, while still covering a breadth of topics. The authors celebrate Rome’s diversity by exploring its role not only as the seat of the Catholic church, but also as home to large communities of diplomats, printers, and working artisans, all of whom contributed to the city’s visual, material, and musical cultures". Roland H.Bainton Prizes
"This volume, part of Brill’s useful Companions series, aims to be invaluable to scholars of early modern Rome. To that end, the three editors, each a giant in the field, have compiled thirty brief articles across a wide range of disciplines and approaches. They explicitly seek to counter simplistic narratives that reduce every aspect of the city to a papally-directed Counter-Reformation narrative, or that fall back on narrow attempts to pinpoint moments of rise and fall. In this, they succeed admirably. The Rome that emerges from these articles is dynamic, complex, and polycentric. The editors’ introduction beautifully explicates the layers of symbolism and metaphor that enwrap the city, and the thirty-three authors are experts writing at the top of their game. This volume will become the certain starting point for future research on any of its given topics. [...] the Companion to Early Modern Rome represents a major accomplishment, immediately necessary both in the classroom and in research preparation. In its careful attention to producing a history that celebrates nuance and complexity, while remaining focussed, clear and readable, it should serve as a model for all aspects of early modern scholarship". Emily Michelson, in Archivum Historicum Societatis Ies.
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
List of Contributors
Introduction
Pamela M. Jones, Barbara Wisch and Simon Ditchfield
1 A Civic Identity
Eleonora Canepari and Laurie Nussdorfer
2 The Roman Curia
Miles Pattenden
3 Diplomatic Culture in Early Modern Rome
Toby Osborne
4 Liturgical, Ritual, and Diplomatic Spaces at St. Peter’s and the Vatican Palace: the Innovations of Paul IV, Urban VIII, and Alexander VII
Margaret A. Kuntz
5 Rome and the Vacant See
John M. Hunt
6 Justice and Crime
Elizabeth S. Cohen and Thomas V. Cohen
7 Romanus and Catholicus: Counter-Reformation Rome as Caput Mundi
Simon Ditchfield
8 Celebrating New Saints in Rome and Across the Globe
Pamela M. Jones
9 The Plural City: Urban Spaces and Foreign Communities
Irene Fosi
10 Rome’s Economic Life, 1492–1692
Renata Ago
11 “Charitable” Assistance between Lay Foundations and Pontifical Initiatives
Anna Esposito
12 Building Brotherhood: Confraternal Piety, Patronage, and Place
Barbara Wisch
13 Ghettoization: the Papal Enclosure and its Jews
Katherine Aron-Beller
14 Roma Theatrum Mundi: Festivals and Processions in the Ritual City
Minou Schraven
15 Roma Sonora: an Atlas of Roman Sounds and Musics
Daniele V. Filippi
16 Mapping Rome’s Rebirth
Jessica Maier
17 Papal Urban Planning and Renewal: Real and Ideal, c.1471–1667
Carla Keyvanian
18 Renovatio Aquae: Aqueducts, Fountains, and the Tiber River in Early Modern Rome
Katherine W. Rinne
19 Palace Architecture and Decoration in Early Modern Rome
Stephanie C. Leone
20 The Cultural Landscape of the Villa in Early Modern Rome
Denis Ribouillault
21 Elite Patronage and Collecting
Lisa Beaven
22 Middle-Class Patronage, Collecting, and the Art Market
Patrizia Cavazzini
23 Roman Church Architecture: the Early Modern Facade
John Beldon Scott
24 Scale, Space, and Spectacle: Church Decoration in Rome, 1500–1700
Arnold A. Witte
25 The Three Rs: Education in Early Modern Rome
Christopher Carlsmith
26 Institutions and Dynamics of Learned Exchange
Kenneth Gouwens
27 Scientific and Medical Knowledge in Early Modern Rome
Elisa Andretta and Federica Favino
28 Roman Antiquities and Christian Archaeology
Giuseppe Antonio Guazzelli
29 Printers and Publishers in Early Modern Rome
Evelyn Lincoln
30 Sites and Sightseers: Rome through Foreign Eyes
Jeffrey Collins
Appendix: List of Popes, 1492–1692
Bibliography
Index
List of Figures
List of Contributors
Introduction
Pamela M. Jones, Barbara Wisch and Simon Ditchfield
part 1: Urbi et Orbi: Governing the City and International Politics
1 A Civic Identity
Eleonora Canepari and Laurie Nussdorfer
2 The Roman Curia
Miles Pattenden
3 Diplomatic Culture in Early Modern Rome
Toby Osborne
4 Liturgical, Ritual, and Diplomatic Spaces at St. Peter’s and the Vatican Palace: the Innovations of Paul IV, Urban VIII, and Alexander VII
Margaret A. Kuntz
5 Rome and the Vacant See
John M. Hunt
6 Justice and Crime
Elizabeth S. Cohen and Thomas V. Cohen
7 Romanus and Catholicus: Counter-Reformation Rome as Caput Mundi
Simon Ditchfield
8 Celebrating New Saints in Rome and Across the Globe
Pamela M. Jones
part 2: When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do: Living in the City and Campagna
9 The Plural City: Urban Spaces and Foreign Communities
Irene Fosi
10 Rome’s Economic Life, 1492–1692
Renata Ago
11 “Charitable” Assistance between Lay Foundations and Pontifical Initiatives
Anna Esposito
12 Building Brotherhood: Confraternal Piety, Patronage, and Place
Barbara Wisch
13 Ghettoization: the Papal Enclosure and its Jews
Katherine Aron-Beller
14 Roma Theatrum Mundi: Festivals and Processions in the Ritual City
Minou Schraven
15 Roma Sonora: an Atlas of Roman Sounds and Musics
Daniele V. Filippi
part 3: Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day: Mapping, Planning, Building, and Display
16 Mapping Rome’s Rebirth
Jessica Maier
17 Papal Urban Planning and Renewal: Real and Ideal, c.1471–1667
Carla Keyvanian
18 Renovatio Aquae: Aqueducts, Fountains, and the Tiber River in Early Modern Rome
Katherine W. Rinne
19 Palace Architecture and Decoration in Early Modern Rome
Stephanie C. Leone
20 The Cultural Landscape of the Villa in Early Modern Rome
Denis Ribouillault
21 Elite Patronage and Collecting
Lisa Beaven
22 Middle-Class Patronage, Collecting, and the Art Market
Patrizia Cavazzini
23 Roman Church Architecture: the Early Modern Facade
John Beldon Scott
24 Scale, Space, and Spectacle: Church Decoration in Rome, 1500–1700
Arnold A. Witte
part 4: Ars longa, vita brevis: Intellectual Life in the Eternal City
25 The Three Rs: Education in Early Modern Rome
Christopher Carlsmith
26 Institutions and Dynamics of Learned Exchange
Kenneth Gouwens
27 Scientific and Medical Knowledge in Early Modern Rome
Elisa Andretta and Federica Favino
28 Roman Antiquities and Christian Archaeology
Giuseppe Antonio Guazzelli
29 Printers and Publishers in Early Modern Rome
Evelyn Lincoln
30 Sites and Sightseers: Rome through Foreign Eyes
Jeffrey Collins
Appendix: List of Popes, 1492–1692
Bibliography
Index
Everyone interested in multidisciplinary perspectives on early modern Rome's political, religious, social, intellectual, and cultural life, especially scholars and students across the academy.