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The censorship and Fortuna of Platina's Lives of the popes in the sixteenth century / by Stefan Bauer.

Title
The censorship and Fortuna of Platina's Lives of the popes in the sixteenth century / by Stefan Bauer.
Author
Bauer, Stefan, 1972-
Publication
Turnhout : Brepols, c2006.

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Description
xvii, 390 p.; 25 cm.
Summary
"The largely untold story of Platina's Lives of the Popes and its fortuna is the focus of this book. The Lives were particularly popular because of Platina's frank criticisms of papal behaviour which did not live up to his humanist moral values. He reminded the popes that they were mere human beings and urged them not to indulge in luxury and nepotism. Catholics, whether or not they agreed with such indictments, read the Lives eagerly, while Protestants naturally appreciated Platina's fault-finding approach towards the papacy. The role which censorship played in the reception of the Lives was previously unknown. This book examines the censorship process (1587-1592) in detail, including a critical edition of the assessments and corrections by English and Italian censors newly uncovered in the Vatican and in Milan."--Jacket.
Series Statement
Late medieval and early modern studies ; v. 9
Uniform Title
Late medieval and early modern studies v. 9.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • doctoral dissertations.
  • dissertations.
  • masters theses.
  • theses.
  • Academic theses
  • Hochschulschrift.
  • Thèses et écrits académiques.
Thesis (note)
  • Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of London, 2004.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-372) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Platina's life and works : from the battlefield to the Vatican Library -- The writing of the Lives : sources and self-censorship -- History of the censorship proceedings for Platina's Lives of the popes, 1587 -- Analysis of the proposals for censoring Platina's Lives of the popes, 1587 -- Venice, 1589-92 : the censored Italian edition -- The fortuna of the Lives.
ISBN
  • 9782503518145 (hd.bd. : alk. paper)
  • 2503518141 (hd.bd. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2007435040
OCLC
  • 123901675
  • SCSB-10919028
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library