TY  - BOOK
AU  - O'Brien,Emily
TI  - The commentaries of Pope Pius II (1458-1464) and the crisis of the fifteenth-century papacy
T2  - Toronto Italian studies
SN  - 9781442696440
AV  - BX1308 
U1  - 282.092 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Toronto
PB  - University of Toronto Press
KW  - Pius
KW  - Commentarii rerum memorabilium (Pius II, Pope)
KW  - fast
KW  - Church history
KW  - Middle Ages, 600-1500
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Popes
KW  - Biography
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Self-perception
KW  - Autobiography
KW  - Renaissance
KW  - Italy
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Catholic
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Middle Ages
KW  - HISTORY / Ancient / General
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "Written in the mid-fifteenth century, Pope Pius II's Commentaries are the only known autobiography of a reigning pontiff and a fundamental text in the history of Renaissance humanism. In this book, Emily O'Brien positions Pius' expansive autobiographical text within that century's contentious debate over ecclesiastical sovereignty. Presenting the Commentaries as Pius' response to the crisis of authority, legitimacy, and relevance that was engulfing the Renaissance papacy, she shows how the Commentaries function as both an aggressive assault on the papal monarchy's chief opponents and a systematic defense of Pius's own troubled pontificate and his pre-papal career. Illustrating how the language, imagery, and ideals of secular power inform Pius' apologetic self-portrait, The Commentaries of Pope Pius II (1458 1464) and the Crisis of the Fifteenth-Century Papacy demonstrates the role that Pius and his writings played in the evolution of the Renaissance papacy."--
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