A sudden terror : the plot to murder the Pope in Renaissance Rome / Anthony F. D'Elia.

A sudden terror : the plot to murder the Pope in Renaissance Rome /

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...

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Main Author: D'Elia, Anthony F., 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Paul > II, > Pope, > 1417-1471 > Assassination attempt, 1468.
Leto, Giulio Pomponio, > 1428-1497.
Platina, > 1421-1481.
Buonaccorsi, Filippo, > 1437-1496.
Conspiracies > Italy > Rome > History > To 1500.
Humanists > Italy > Rome > Biography.
Papacy > History > 1447-1565.
Humanism > Italy > Rome > History > To 1500.
Renaissance > Italy > Rome.
Rome (Italy) > History > 1420-1798.
Biography
Biographies.
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