Power management at the Roman Court at the beginning of the 17th century: The case of Cardinal Giovannni Garzia Millini
Author
Giordano, SilvanoPublisher
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Instituto Universitario La Corte en Europa (IULCE)Date
2015Citation
Libros de la Corte.es. Monográfico 2 (2015): 80-94ISSN
1989-6425Subjects
Curia romana; Facciones; Paulo V; Giovanni Garzia Millini; Siglo XVII; Historia
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Abstract
At the beginning of the 17th Century the court of Rome was caught in a tug-ofwar
between various pressure groups. In addition to the Cardinals' factions, which
were especially active when there was a conclave or at times of crisis, there were
more permanent power blocks which looked towards the Catholic monarchs and the
great families of Rome and Italy. In this broad dynamic, however, key individuals,
leading actors on the great world stage, emerged A principios del siglo XVII, la corte de Roma estaba recorrida por una vivaz
dialéctica entre distintos grupos de presión. Aparte de las facciones cardenalicias,
activas sobre todo con ocasión de los cónclaves y en particulares momentos de
crisis, operaban centros de poder permanentes que tenían a su cabeza a los
soberanos católicos y a las grandes familias romanas e italianas. Sin embargo, en
las dinámicas colectivas emergían personalidades de relieve, protagonistas en la
escena del gran teatro del mundo
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