Papal Bull Print, Politics, and Propaganda in Renaissance Rome /

Meserve, Margaret,

Papal Bull Print, Politics, and Propaganda in Renaissance Rome / Margaret Meserve. - Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000. - 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white). - Singleton Center books in premodern Europe .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- Urbi et orbi -- Humanists, Printers, and Others -- Sixtus IV and his Pamphlet Wars -- Broadsides in Basel -- The Holy Face, Imprinted and in Print -- Refugee Relics -- Kissing the Papal Foot -- Brand Julius -- Conclusion.

"This work of history examines how the Renaissance popes adopted print as a medium for political discourse in the first decades after the technology's invention (ca. 1470-1520). Drawing on literary and material analyses of dozens of little-known incunabula and early sixteenth-century editions, this study argues that the Renaissance papacy was an early adopter of print and keenly attuned to its political potential"--



9781421440453




Catholic Church--Publishing--History--Italy--Rome--16th century.
Catholic Church--Publishing--History--Italy--Rome--To 1500.


Bulls, Papal.
Book industries and trade--Political aspects--History--Italy--Rome--16th century.
Book industries and trade--Political aspects--History--Italy--Rome--To 1500.
Printing--History--Italy--Rome--16th century.
Printing--History--Origin and antecedents.--Italy--Rome


Electronic Books.

Z156 / .P373 2021