Pope Paul III and the Cultural Politics of Reform

Pope Paul III and the Cultural Politics of Reform
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Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Total Pages : 210
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ISBN-10 : 9789048550258
ISBN-13 : 9048550254
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Download or read book Pope Paul III and the Cultural Politics of Reform written by Bryan Cussen and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-29 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Paul III was elected in 1534, hopes arose across Christendom that this pope would at last reform and reunite the Church. During his fifteen-year reign, though, Paul's engagement with reform was complex and contentious. A work of cultural history, this book explores how cultural narratives of honour and tradition, including how honour played out in politics, significantly constrained Pope Paul and his chosen reformers in framing strategies for change. Indeed, the reformers' programme would have undermined the culture of honour and weakened Rome's capacity to ward off current threats of invasion. The study makes a provocative case that Paul called the Council of Trent to contain reform rather than promote it. Nevertheless, Paul and the Council did sow seeds of reform that eventually became central to the Counter-Reformation. This book thus sheds new light on a pope whose relationship to reform has long been regarded as an enigma.


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