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The 'Commentaries' of Pope Pius II (1458-1464) and the Crisis of the Fifteenth-Century Papacy (Hardcover)
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The 'Commentaries' of Pope Pius II (1458-1464) and the Crisis of the Fifteenth-Century Papacy (Hardcover)
Series: Toronto Italian Studies
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Written in the mid-fifteenth century, Pope Pius II's Commentaries
are the only known autobiography of a reigning pontiff and a
fundamental text in the history of Renaissance humanism. In this
book, Emily O'Brien positions Pius' expansive autobiographical text
within that century's contentious debate over ecclesiastical
sovereignty. Presenting the Commentaries as Pius' response to the
crisis of authority, legitimacy, and relevance that was engulfing
the Renaissance papacy, she shows how the Commentaries function as
both an aggressive assault on the papal monarchy's chief opponents
and a systematic defense of Pius's own troubled pontificate and his
pre-papal career. Illustrating how the language, imagery, and
ideals of secular power inform Pius' apologetic self-portrait, The
Commentaries of Pope Pius II (1458-1464) and the Crisis of the
Fifteenth-Century Papacy demonstrates the role that Pius and his
writings played in the evolution of the Renaissance papacy.
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