Title Civic politics in the Rome of Urban VIII / Laurie Nussdorfer

Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1992

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 287 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Units of Money and Weight -- Abbreviations -- Introduction (starting p. 3) -- pt. I The Roman Setting -- Ch. 1 A Holy City (starting p. 21) -- Ch. 2 The Economic Conjuncture (starting p. 27) -- Ch. 3 The Nodes of Power (starting p. 33) -- Ch. 4 A Web of Jurisdictions (starting p. 45) -- pt. II The Roman People -- Ch. 5 A Civic Space (starting p. 60) -- Ch. 6 A Civic Nobility (starting p. 95) -- pt. III The Politics of Jurisdiction -- Ch. 7 Marketplace (starting p. 118) -- Ch. 8 Guilds (starting p. 128) -- Ch. 9 Vassals (starting p. 136) -- Ch. 10 Plague (starting p. 145) -- pt. IV The Politics of Patronage -- Ch. 11 The Network of Relationships (starting p. 168) -- Ch. 12 Civic Revenues and the Papacy (starting p. 186) -- pt. V The Politics of Accommodation and Protest -- Ch. 13 The War of Castro (starting p. 205) -- Ch. 14 The Vacant See (starting p. 228) -- Conclusion (starting p. 254) -- Bibliography (starting p. 259) -- Index (starting p. 277) Summary 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 Roman People), which was administered from the Capitoline Hill, she shows that it provided political representation for lay members of the urban elite, carried out the work of local government, and served as a symbol of the Roman voice in public life. Through a detailed study of how civic authorities derived their sense of legitimacy and how lay subjects maneuvered in informal and disguised ways to block or criticize the papal regime, the author advances a new way of conceiving politics under an absolute ruler. As Nussdorfer analyzes the complex interactions between the lay administration and Urban VIII and his family, the papal administration, and Romans of the upper and lower classes, she also provides fresh insights into the actual practice of early modern government. She takes the plague threat of the early 1630s, the War of Castro (1641-1644), and the interregnum following the pope's death as important test cases of the state's power in times of crisis Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-276) and index Notes Print version record Subject Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644. SUBJECT Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644 fast Urban VIII. Papst 1568-1644 gnd Urbain, (1568-1644; 8 ; pape) ram Urban Papst, VIII. swd Bibel Römerbrief gnd Subject Political participation -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- 17th century Legitimacy of governments -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- 17th century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration. HISTORY -- Renaissance. Legitimacy of governments Political participation Politics and government Bürgertum Verwaltung Lokaal bestuur. Politieke cultuur. SUBJECT Rome (Italy) -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115207 Rome (Italy) -- History -- 1420-1798. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115201 Subject Italy -- Rome Arnsbach Rome (Italie) -- Politique et gouvernement -- 17e siècle. Rome (Italie) -- Histoire -- 17e siècle. Rom. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780691197630 0691197636

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