Cambridge History of the Papacy: Volume 3, Civil Society

Historically, the papacy has had - and continues to have - significant and sustained influence on society and culture. In the contemporary world, this influence is felt far afield from the traditional geographic and cultural center of papal authority in western Europe, notably in the Global South. Volume 3 frames questions around the papacy's cultural influence, focusing on the influence that successive popes and various vectors of papal authority have had on a broad range of social and cultural developments in European and global societies. The range of topics covered here reflects the vast and expanding scope of papal influence on everything from architecture to the construction and contestation of gender norms to questions of papal fashion. That influence has waxed and waned over time as successive popes have had access to greater resources and have had stronger imperatives to use their powers of patronage and regulation to intervene in society at large.

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• Authors: Joelle Rollo-Koster, Joelle (University of Rhode Island) Rollo-Koster
• Assisted by: Melodie H Eichbauer (Editor), Melodie H. Eichbauer (Editor), Miles Pattenden (Editor), Pattenden Miles (Editor), Joëlle Rollo-Koster (Editor), Robert A Ventresca (Editor), Ventresca Robert A. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2025
• EAN: 9781108493772
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49377-2
• No. of pages: 802
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 236 mm x 43 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, Christianity, History of Religion, Christian Churches, denominations, groups, Diplomacy, General and world history, Church history