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Apocalypse in Rome : Cola di Rienzo and the politics of the new age / / Ronald G. Musto



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Autore: Musto Ronald G Visualizza persona
Titolo: Apocalypse in Rome : Cola di Rienzo and the politics of the new age / / Ronald G. Musto Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2003
©2003
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xx, 436 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina: 945/.63205/092
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Soggetto topico: Revolutionaries - Italy - Rome
Soggetto geografico: Rome (Italy) History 476-1420
Rome (Italy) Biography
Soggetto non controllato: assassination
barons
biography
buono stato
capitoline
catholic church
central italy
christianity
cola di rienzo
correspondence
coup
cultural history
diplomacy
documentary history
emperor
fall of rome
fugitive
government
italian history
italy
medieval
nonfiction
orator
papacy
petrarch
political exile
political history
political prisoner
politicians
politics
pope clement vi
pope
rebellion
religion
resistance
revolution
roman empire
roman history
roman leaders
romans
rome
tiber
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-408) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Cola di Rienzo -- 1. Birth, Youth, and Society -- 2. Education, Profession, and Family -- 3. Reviving Antiquity -- 4. The Popes at Avignon -- 5. Cola and the Barons -- 6. Preparing for the Apocalypse -- 7. Pentecost -- 8. The Buono Stato -- 9. Cola and the World -- 10. War with the Barons -- 11. Abdication and Exile -- 12. Last World Emperor and Angel Pope -- 13. Apocalypse in Rome -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: On May 20, 1347, Cola di Rienzo overthrew without violence the turbulent rule of Rome's barons and the absentee popes. A young visionary and the best political speaker of his time, Cola promised Rome a return to its former greatness. Ronald G. Musto's vivid biography of this charismatic leader-whose exploits have enlivened the work of poets, composers, and dramatists, as well as historians-peels away centuries of interpretation to reveal the realities of fourteenth-century Italy and to offer a comprehensive account of Cola's rise and fall. A man of modest origins, Cola gained a reputation as a talented professional with an unparalleled knowledge of Rome's classical remains. After earning the respect and friendship of Petrarch and the sponsorship of Pope Clement VI, Cola won the affections and loyalties of all classes of Romans. His buono stato established the reputation of Rome as the heralded New Jerusalem of the Apocalypse and quickly made the city a potent diplomatic and religious center that challenged the authority-and power-of both pope and emperor. At the height of Cola's rule, a conspiracy of pope and barons forced him to flee the city and live for years as a fugitive until he was betrayed and taken to Avignon to stand trial as a heretic. Musto relates the dramatic story of Cola's subsequent exoneration and return to central Italy as an agent of the new pope. But only weeks after he reestablished his government, he was slain by the Romans atop the Capitoline hill. In his exploration, Musto examines every known document pertaining to Cola's life, including papal, private, and diplomatic correspondence rarely used by earlier historians. With his intimate knowledge of historical Rome-its streets and ruins, its churches and palaces, from the busy Tiber riverfront to the lost splendor of the Capitoline-he brings a cinematic flair to this fascinating historical narrative.
Titolo autorizzato: Apocalypse in Rome  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-27706-9
9786613277060
0-520-92872-5
1-59734-471-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910780446903321
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