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Author Pattenden, Miles, author

Title Pius IV and the fall of the Carafa : nepotism and papal authority in Counter-Reformation Rome / Miles Pattenden
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource
Series Oxford historical monographs
Oxford historical monographs.
Contents The Carafa and the Pontificate of Paul IV -- The motivations for the trial -- The prosecution -- The defence -- The aftermath of the trial
Summary This volume reconstructs the events surrounding the prosecution of Pope Paul IV's nephews by his successor Pius IV and the impact this had on Counter-Reformation Rome. It offers a substantial reappraisal of how contemporaries viewed the ideas of nepotism and papal authority and demonstrates Pius' importance in shaping their development
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-150) and index
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Subject Carafa, Carlo, approximately 1517-1561 -- Trials, litigation, etc
Carafa, Alfonso, 1540-1565 -- Trials, litigation, etc
Pius IV, Pope, 1499-1565.
SUBJECT Carafa, Alfonso, 1540-1565 fast
Carafa, Carlo, approximately 1517-1561 fast
Pius IV, Pope, 1499-1565 fast
Pius IV. Papst 1499-1565 gnd
Carafa Familie gnd
Subject Papacy -- History -- 1447-1565.
Counter-Reformation -- Italy
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catholic.
Counter-Reformation
Papacy
Strafverfahren
Gegenreformation
Italy
Genre/Form History
Trials, litigation, etc.
Form Electronic book
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