Procida, the smallest island of the Gulf of Naples. Good Friday, the day of the procession of the mysteries. A person disappears. Four friends, three men and a woman, are in search of his body, in a compelling way through dungeons, catacombs, former prison abandoned, art, culture, history and mystery, in a mix of sacred and profane, with in the background the extraordinary beauty of the island.
The fourth of 4 vols. which trace the history of the later Crusades & papal relations with the Levant from the accession of Innocent III (in 1198) to the reign of Pius V & the Battle of Lepanto (1566-71). Contents of this vol.: The Murder of Martinuzzi, the Turks on Land & at Sea, the War of Siena; The Reign of Paul IV to the Outbreak of the War with Spain; Paul IV, the War with Spain & Jean de la Vigne at the Porte; The Election of Pius IV & the Fall of the Carafeschi, Cyprus & the Turkish Success at Jerba; The Third Period & Closure of the Council of Trent; France, Venice, & the Porte -- the Turkish Siege of Malta; Pius V, Spain, & Venice; the Turks in Chios & the Adriatic; the Revolt of the Netherlands; Venice, Cyprus, & the Porte in the Early Years of Selim II; The Failure of the Expedition of 1570 & Pius V's Attempts to Form the Anti-Turkish League; The Holy League, the Continuing War with the Turks, & the Fall of Famagusta; & the Road to Lepanto, the Battle, & a Glance at the Following Century.
Cardinal Giovanni Morone (1509-80) remains one of the most intriguing characters in the history of the sixteenth century Catholic Church - with neither his contemporaries nor subsequent scholars being able to agree on his motivations, theology or his legacy. Appointed Bishop of Modena in 1529 and created Cardinal in 1542 by Pope Paul III, his glittering career appeared to be in ruins following his arrest in 1557 on charges of heresy. Yet, despite spending more than two years imprisoned in Castel Sant' Angelo, he managed to resurrect his career and in 1563 was appointed principal legate to the Council of Trent, whereupon he resolved the difficulties besetting the council, which had brought it to a virtual standstill, and guided it to a successful conclusion. Concentrating largely - but by no means exclusively - upon the period of the pontificate of Pius IV (1559-65) and an evaluation of Morone's role as presiding legate at the Council of Trent, this book tackles a number of issues that have exercised scholars. How does Morone's activity at Trent in 1563 now look in the light of the information available in connection with his processo? What was the result of the wider activity of...
Includes Part 1, Number 1: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (January - June)
In The Roman Inquisition: Centre versus Peripheries, two inquisitorial scholars, Black who has published on the institutional history of the Italian Inquisitions and Aron-Beller whose area of expertise are trials against Jews before the peripheral Modenese inquisition, jointly edit an essay collection that studies the relationship between the Sacred Congregation in Rome and its peripheral inquisitorial tribunals. The book analyses inquisitorial collaborations in Rome, correspondence between the Centre and its peripheries, as well as the actions of these sub-central tribunals. It discusses the extent to which the controlling tendencies of the Centre filtered down and affected the peripheries, and how the tribunals were in fact prevented by local political considerations from achieving the homogenizing effect desired by Rome.