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Renaissance Church History

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Renaissance Church History examines the evolution of the Christian Church during the Renaissance period (14th to 17th centuries), focusing on theological developments, ecclesiastical reforms, the impact of humanism, and the interplay between religion and emerging modernity, including the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counter-Reformation.
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Renaissance Church History examines the evolution of the Christian Church during the Renaissance period (14th to 17th centuries), focusing on theological developments, ecclesiastical reforms, the impact of humanism, and the interplay between religion and emerging modernity, including the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counter-Reformation.

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1. How did architectural designs and patronage shape Renaissance Observant Franciscan churches in north-western Italy?

This research theme examines the architectural models and liturgical themes of Observant Franciscan churches established in the fifteenth century in north-western Italy, focusing on how renewed Franciscan ideals influenced construction choices and how aristocratic patronage facilitated the foundation and funding of these religious settlements. Understanding these aspects is crucial as it reveals the intersection of religious reform, social dynamics, and artistic expression during the Renaissance period.

Key finding: The study identifies a significant proliferation of Observant Franciscan settlements in north-western Italy during the fifteenth century, with architectural models characterized by the Late-Gothic Lombard style. The renewed... Read more

2. How did confessional disputes and historical narratives inform ecclesiastical chronotaxes during the Renaissance?

This theme investigates how the medium of ecclesiastical chronotaxes—chronologically arranged lists of church leaders and significant events—served as a hermeneutical tool in sixteenth-century confessional conflicts. It highlights the role of antiquarian humanist scholarship in producing empirical historical accounts that both justified doctrinal positions and legitimized religious institutions amid Protestant-Catholic disputes, thus bridging history, theology, and politics during the Reformation era.

Key finding: The paper compiles, for the first time, a catalog of ecclesiastical chronotaxes circulating in Renaissance Europe and demonstrates how these texts employed empirical data and antiquarian methods to construct confessional... Read more

3. What were the spatial and social dynamics of religious dissent and heresy in sixteenth-century Venice?

This research area reconstructs the geography of heretical movements in Renaissance Venice by analyzing archival records to map the locations of heretical networks, meeting places, and the circulation of forbidden texts. By focusing on the urban layout and its influence on social encounters and dissemination of heterodox ideas, this theme sheds light on how the unique spatiality of Venice facilitated or constrained religious dissent in a period marked by intense Catholic Counter-Reformation efforts.

Key finding: Through systematic study of the Savi sopra l’eresia archive, this article maps the clustering of heretical groups—including Lutherans, Calvinists, Anabaptists, and Valdesians—in specific Venetian urban locales such as... Read more

All papers in Renaissance Church History

In Notiziario dell'Associazione Nobiliare Regionale Veneta n. 11, 2019. Ampia analisi critica dell'araldica dei due papi della famiglia Borgia e in generale della famiglia. Confutazioni di affermazioni errate riguardanti l'origine, la... more
Si les lecteurs de Rome, Naples et Florence, des Promenades dans Rome et de Vanina Vanini, comme ceux du Comte de Monte-Cristo, connaissent les receptions fastueuses que Giovanni Torlonia, «riche banquier fort juif», «fort avare et un peu... more
Review of Sandra Hindman and Federica Tonioli (eds), The Burke Collection of Italian Manuscript Paintings (Paul Holberton Publishing, 2021).
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During the sixteenth century, confessional disputes between Catholics and Protestants became the " battlefield " for determining and shaping the reformed Christian religion. Antiquarian erudition played a key role in this process, acting... more
La ville de Rome, redevenue la capitale de l'Eglise à la fin du Moyen Age, accueille à cette période une communauté française relativement importante. Cette pré-sence se manifeste naturellement par un fort contingent de prélats, de clercs... more
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