Cardinal Bendinello Sauli and Church Patronage in Sixteenth-Century Italy

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-86193-301-3
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 68, 223 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

Reihe: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series

A detailed examination of the life and career of Cardinal Bendinello Sauli - notorious for his involvement in a plot to murder the Pope.

Cardinal Bendinello Sauli died in disgrace in 1518, implicated, rightly or wrongly, in a conspiracy to assassinate the then Pope, Leo X. This book, based on extensive archival research in Genoa and Rome, traces Sauli's rise and fall, setting one man's life and career against a background of political turmoil and intrigue, and offering new perspectives on the patronal links which bound pope, cardinals and their family and courtiers so closely together. It plots his elevation to ecclesiastical eminence through the efforts of his family who were financiers to the pope; and it examines his apogee as cardinal-patron both of humanists and of some of the leading artists of his day such asSebastiano del Piombo and Raphael. The plot to murder the pope is also studied in depth; the author examines the surviving evidence relating to the plot and reveals new archival material which supports its existence in the eyes of the law and Sauli's involvement in it. In addition, she explores Sauli's role as a man of the Church and his administration of his benefices.

HELEN HYDE is an independent scholar who studied at the universities of Lancaster and London. Her previous publications include articles on the Sauli family and early sixteenth-century Genoa.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hyde, Helen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Theologenbiographien, Religiöse Führer
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Politics and money: the career of Cardinal Sauli
Cardinal Sauli: 'gubernator utilis et ydoneus'
The Sauli and early cinquecento reform
'He surpassed all in splendour and pomp'?
Cardinal Sauli and humanist patronage
The contemporary portraits of Cardinal Sauli
The plot to kill Leo X
'Vir bonus et innocens'?
Conclusion
Bibliography