Eternal ephemera: the papal possesso and its legacies in early modern Rome

Abstract

"A collection of six articles on the ceremonies, rituals, politics, art, and spectacle surrounding the pope's formal possession of his see, the cathedral of St John Lateran in Rome, shortly after his election. Time Periods: Fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth centuries; Renaissance; Early Modern. Major historical characters examined: Pope Eugenius IV Condulmer (r. 1431-47); Pope Pius II Piccolomini (r. 1458-64); Pope Sixtus IV Della Rovere (r. 1471-1484); Pope Alexander VI Borgia (r. 1492-1503); Pope Julius II Della Rovere(r. 1503-13); Pope Leo X de' Medici (r. 1513-21); Pope Clement VII de' Medici (r. 1523-34); Pope Paul III Farnese (r. 1534-49); Pope Pius IV Carafa (r. 1559-65); Pope Pius V Ghislieri (r. 1566-72); Pope Gregory XIII Boncompagni (r. 1572-85); Pope Sixtus V Peretti (r. 1585-90); Pope Gregory XIV Sfondrati (r. 1590-91); Pope Clement VIII Aldobrandini (r. 1592-1605); Pope Leo XI de' Medici (r. 1605); Pope Paul V Borghese (r. 1605-21); Pope Gregory XV Ludovisi (r. 1621-23); Pope Urban VIII Barberini (r. 1623-44); Pope Innocent X Pamphilj (r. 1644-55); Pope Alexander VII Chigi (r. 1655-67)."--