A Companion to Early Modern Rome, 1492-1692.

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Figures -- Contributors -- Introduction -- A Civic Identity -- The Roman Curia -- Diplomatic Culture in Early Modern Rome -- Liturgical, Ritual, and Diplomatic Spaces at St. Peter's and the Vatican Palace: The Innovations of Paul IV, Urban VIII, and Alexander VII -- Rome and the Vacant See -- Justice and Crime -- Romanus and Catholicus: Counter-Reformation Rome as Caput Mundi -- Celebrating New Saints in Rome and across the Globe -- The Plural City: Urban Spaces and Foreign Communities -- Rome's Economic Life, 1492-1692 -- "Charitable" Assistance between Lay Foundations and Pontifical Initiatives -- Building Brotherhood: Confraternal Piety, Patronage, and Place -- Ghettoization: The Papal Enclosure and Its Jews -- Roma Theatrum Mundi: Festivals and Processions in the Ritual City -- Roma Sonora: An Atlas of Roman Sounds and Musics -- Mapping Rome's Rebirth -- Papal Urban Planning and Renewal: Real and Ideal, c.1471-1667 -- Renovatio Aquae: Aqueducts, Fountains, and the Tiber River in Early Modern Rome -- Palace Architecture and Decoration in Early Modern Rome -- The Cultural Landscape of the Villa in Early Modern Rome -- Elite Patronage and Collecting -- Middle-Class Patronage, Collecting, and the Art Market -- Roman Church Architecture: The Early Modern Facade -- Scale, Space, and Spectacle: Church Decoration in Rome, 1500-1700 -- The Three Rs: Education in Early Modern Rome -- Institutions and Dynamics of Learned Exchange -- Scientific and Medical Knowledge in Early Modern Rome -- Roman Antiquities and Christian Archaeology -- Printers and Publishers in Early Modern Rome -- Sites and Sightseers: Rome through Foreign Eyes -- List of Popes, 1492-1692 -- Bibliography -- Index.

Winner of the 2020 Bainton Prize for Reference Works A Companion to Early Modern Rome, 1492-1692, edited by Pamela M. Jones, Barbara Wisch, and Simon Ditchfield, is a unique multidisciplinary study offering innovative analyses of a wide range of topics. The 30 chapters critique past and recent scholarship and identify new avenues for research.

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