Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction. When the bees flew…
Prologue. Giacinto Gigli, chronicler, or: power in the streets of
Rome
1. The Barberini build a chapel, or: rising to power in
post-Tridentine Rome
2. Maffeo Barberini - Urban VIII, the Poet-Pope, or: the power of
poetic propaganda
3. The ‘Days and Works’ of Francesco, Cardinal Barberini, or: how
to be a powerful cardinal-padrone?
4. Prince Eckembergh comes to dinner, or: power through culinary
ceremony
5. The Bare Feet of St Augustine, or: the power of religious
images
6. Lucas Holste (1596–1661), scholar and librarian, or: the power
of books and libraries
7. Ibrahim al-Hakilani (1605–1664), or: the power of scholarship
and publishing
8. Urban VIII between White Magic and Black Magic, or: holy and
unholy power
Epilogue. The Return of the Muses: instruments of cultural policy
in Barberini Rome, 1623–1644
Conclusion. “l’Età fortunata del Mele”, or ‘Honey’s Happy Age’: the
Barberini pontificate as a generation, a crossroads—problems of
perspective
Index
Peter Rietbergen, Ph.D. (Nijmegen 1983), is Professor of Post-medieval Cultural History at the Radboud University, Nijmegen. He published extensively on early modern (cultural) history, as well as on the history of the relations between Asia and the West. In 2005, the revised edition of his succesful Europe: A Cultural History was published by Routledge.
"It is certainly one of the merits of this book that the author
analyses the prevailing themes of Barberini's poetry and gives due
consideration to how these themes contributed to his cultural
patronage. The politics behind the publication and illustration of
anthologies of the pope's poetry are likewise illuminating. The
habitual appointment of one of Urban's nephews, Francesco
Barberini, to the post of cardinal-padrone inspired a courtier to
write a lengthy memorandum on how he ought to exercise that
function. Here again, Rietbergen's sustained digging in the Roman
archives bears copious fruit. [...] The reader is bound to be
impressed by the wide-ranging erudition displayed in this
book."
Luc Duerloo, Church History and Religious Culture
"Insgesamt zeigt der Verfasser, wie lohnend es ist, ein breites
Spektrum historischer Forschungsfelder und Nachbardisziplinen in
moderne Kulturgeschichtsschreibung zu integrieren. Wer sich künftig
mit kulturell-politischen Aspekten im barocken Rom auch über den
Pontifikat des Barberini-Papstes hinaus auseinandersetzt, wird in
den Studien von Peter Rietbergen zahlreiche Anregungen finden."
Ricarda Matheus, sehepunkte 9:11 (2009) [15.11.2009],
"Dankzij het voorliggende boek - in feite een reeks samenhangende
studies - van de Nijmeegse cultuurhistoricus Peter Rietbergen zijn
wij nu echter in staat om deze veelzijdige paus te leren kennen als
kind én schepper van zijn tijd, de tijd van de Barok."
Charles Caspers, Trajecta 17:4 (2008) 439-440.
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