A Sudden Terror
the plot to murder the Pope in Renaissance Rome
Nonfiction, History, Italy, Renaissance, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Denominations, Catholic, Catholicism
| Author: | Anthony F. D'Elia | ISBN: | 9780674053724 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | November 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Anthony F. D'Elia |
| ISBN: | 9780674053724 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | November 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
D'Elia offers a compelling, surprising story that reveals a Renaissance world that witnessed the rebirth of interest in the classics, a thriving homoerotic culture, the clash of Christian and pagan values, the contest between republicanism and a papal monarchy, and tensions separating Christian Europeans and Muslim Turks.
D'Elia offers a compelling, surprising story that reveals a Renaissance world that witnessed the rebirth of interest in the classics, a thriving homoerotic culture, the clash of Christian and pagan values, the contest between republicanism and a papal monarchy, and tensions separating Christian Europeans and Muslim Turks.
