Civic Politics in the Rome of Urban VIII

by Laurie Nussdorfer

Book Overview

In this colorful depiction of daily political life in Baroque Rome, Laurie Nussdorfer argues that the lay persons managed to sustain a civic government under the increased papal absolutism of Urban VIII (1623-1644), who oversaw both sacred and secular life. Focusing on the S.P.Q.R. (the Senate and the Roman People), which was ministered from the capitoline Hill, she shows that it provided political representation for lay members of the urban elite,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691602123
• ISBN13: 9780691602127
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"