Pope Benedict XIV Lambertini (r. 1740-58) was one of the driving forces behind the Italian Enlightenment of the eighteenth century. His campaign to reconcile faith and empirical science, re-launch a dialogue between the Church and the European intellectual community, and expand papal patronage of the arts and sciences helped restore Italy's position as a center of intellectual and artistic innovation.
Benedict XIV and the Enlightenment offers a broad and nuanced assessment of Benedict's engagement with Enlightenment art, science, spirituality, and culture. The collection's essays, written by international experts in the field, cover topics ranging from Benedict's revisions to the Church's procedures for beatification and sanctification to his patronage of women scientists and mathematicians at the university in Bologna, his birthplace.
| ISBN: | 9781442637184 |
| Publication date: | 29th January 2016 |
| Author: | Rebecca Messbarger, Christopher Johns, Philip Gavitt |
| Publisher: | University of Toronto Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 536 pages |
| Series: | Toronto Italian Studies |
| Genres: |
History Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals European history |
Pope Benedict XIV Lambertini (r. 1740-58) was one of the driving forces behind the Italian Enlightenment of the eighteenth century. His campaign to reconcile faith and empirical science, re-launch a dialogue between the Church and the European intellectual community, and expand papal patronage of the arts and sciences helped restore Italy's position as a center of intellectual and artistic innovation.
Benedict XIV and the Enlightenment offers a broad and nuanced assessment of Benedict's engagement with Enlightenment art, science, spirituality, and culture. The collection's essays, written by international experts in the field, cover topics ranging from Benedict's revisions to the Church's procedures for beatification and sanctification to his patronage of women scientists and mathematicians at the university in Bologna, his birthplace.
Benedict XIV and the Enlightenment features in the following genres: History, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, European history
Benedict XIV and the Enlightenment is available in Hardback
Benedict XIV and the Enlightenment was written by Rebecca Messbarger, Christopher Johns, Philip Gavitt and published by University of Toronto Press
Benedict XIV and the Enlightenment has 536 pages
Yes it is part of Toronto Italian Studies series