Prierias

The Life and Works of Silvestro Mazzolini Da Prierio (1456–1527)

AvMichael Tavuzzi

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

Del i serien Duke Monographs in Medieval and Renaissance Studies

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The Italian Dominican friar Silvestro Mazzolini da Prierio (1456–1527), known as Prierias, is chiefly remembered as the church official designated to respond to Luther’s 95 theses of December 1517-a response blamed for fanning the flames of the Reformation throughout Europe. In Prierias, Michael Tavuzzi presents the first full biography of this little-known, yet eminent, sixteenth-century ecclesiastic, as well as an account of his wide-ranging literary works. Tavuzzi shows that, aside from being Luther’s first opponent, Prierias played a key role in significant early-sixteenth-century controversies such as the cases of Reuchlin, Erasmus, and Pomponazzi. Drawing on previously untapped primary sources, Tavuzzi traces Prierias’s early career as preacher, professor, inquisitor, and administrator, and places him in the context of the struggles fought between unreformed and observant friars during the Renaissance. Prierias’s activities as Master of the Sacred Palace, his long-standing and bitter conflict with Cardinal Cajetan, and especially his forceful writings warning against the threat of witches and witchcraft are also described. Focusing closely on Prierias’s clash with Luther, Tavuzzi accounts for its development and illuminates the ecclesiological issues at stake. Prierias reveals the little-known world of the friars on the eve of the Reformation.

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Utgivningsdatum:1997-09-01
Mått:153 x 243 x 21 mm
Vikt:594 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Duke Monographs in Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Antal sidor:200
Förlag:Duke University Press
ISBN:9780822319764

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Michael Tavuzzi is Professor of Philosophy at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas, Rome.

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"Tavuzzi illuminates with technical exactitude the inner workings of a major religious order and the quality and quantity of the education of its members in Italy on the eve of the Reformation. No other book does this in this way-and it is difficult for me to imagine any other scholar doing it as well."-John O’Malley, Professor of Church History, Weston Jesuit School of Theology