The Invention of Papal History sheds new light on the changing Hand, the constraints of ideology and censorship placed on them. Rather, a creative interplay existed between, on the one hand, the endeavours of authors to explore the past and, on the other To the reading public? Historiography in this period by no means consisted entirely of commissioned works written for patrons Crucial questions were, for example: How were the pontiffs elected? How many popes had beenĬould any of the past machinations, schisms, and disorder in the history of the Church be admitted Historian Onofrio Panvinio (1530-1568), Stefan Bauer shows what type of historical research was possible in the late RenaissanceĪnd the Catholic Reformation. By presenting and fully contextualising the History corrects this distorting emphasis and shows how historical writing became part of a comprehensive formation of the In Rome at this time have been considered secondary to the city's significance for the history of art. How was the history of post-classical Rome and of the Church written in the Catholic Reformation? Historical texts composed
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