Entering a Clerical Career at the Roman Curia, 1458 1471

by Kirsi Salonen and Jussi Hanska

Book Overview

Building on recent revisionist histories of the quality and ability of the late medieval clergy, this is a comprehensive survey of the ordinations of priests at the Roman curia during the pontificates of Pius II (1458-1464) and Paul II (1464-1471). The study analyses archival documentation to reconstruct exactly how young men entered a clerical career, and also what influence practices at the curia had on wider clerical ordinations. The book concentrates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113827500X
• ISBN13: 9781138275003
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"