CAS HI 208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cardinal Direction, Pope Sixtus Iv, Vatican Library

• School: Boston University
• Department: History
• Course: CAS HI 208
• Professor: Phillip Haberkern

Document Summary

Because the papacy existed at the nexus of local traditions, regional competition, and international pressures throughout the 15th (cid:272)e(cid:374)tury . The popes of that era used the city as a stage upon which they could enact their power and authority. Shift in action in renaissance rome from old center to vatican area: reorient city w/ new geography in which religious sites become center of gravity. 4 major churches in rome under jurisdiction of papacy: s. maria maggoire, s. paul, s. john lateran, s. peter. Martin v (r. 1417-(cid:1007)1) a(cid:374)d the restoratio(cid:374) of ro(cid:373)e"s basili(cid:272)as: john lateran, maria. Maggiore, peter, and paul outside the walls: focuses on these 4 main churches. Eugenis iv (1431-(cid:1008)7): the door to t. Nicholas v (r. 1447-55): fra angelico and the renewed vatican palace. Pius ii (r. 1458-64): a hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)ist"s life a(cid:374)d the literary (cid:272)o(cid:374)stru(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of the papa(cid:272)y: the commentaries and the crusade. Sixtus iv (r. 1471-84) focus on the infrastructure.