Reviving the Eternal City : Rome and the Papal Court, 1420-1447.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (317 pages)
- I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History Series .
- I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: Rome ca. 1420 -- 1. Rome's Third Founder? Martin V, Niccolò Signorili, and Roman Revival, 1420-1431 -- 2. In the Theater of Lies: Curial Humanists on the Benefits and Evils of Courtly Life -- 3. A Reign Subject to Fortune: Guides to Survival at the Court of Eugenius IV -- 4. Curial Plans for the Reform of the Church -- 5. Acting as the One True Pope: Eugenius IV and Papal Ceremonial -- 6. Eugenius IV, Biondo Flavio, Filarete, and the Rebuilding of Rome -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
In the first half of the fifteenth century, Rome and the papal court were caught between conflicting realities--between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, conciliarism and papalism, an image of a restored republic and a dream of a papal capital. Elizabeth McCahill explores the transformation of Rome's ancient legacy into a potent cultural myth.