THE RENAISSANCE POPES
Book ID/图书代码： 03275005B10114
English Summary/英文概要： Between the years of 1447 (Nicholas V) and 1572 (Pius V), Rome was transformed from a ruined medieval city. The Vatican became the official home of the church and the world’s largest bureaucracy, a spectacular new Basilica of St Peters took 100 years to build and Michelangelo changed the course of art history with his Sistine Chapel. So vast and expensive was this cultural explosion that a new fundraising initiative was launched: the sale of indulgences.
The Renaissance Popes were statesmen, warriors and patrons of the arts as well as churchmen. These were earthly times and the reputations of popes like Alexander VI (the infamous Borgia patriarch) and Julius ’Il Terrible’ II for murder, poison, sodomy and simony vary only in degree.
Meanwhile, the sin of heresy, which threatens the very core of the Catholic soul, was tirelessly targeted by two other lasting innovations of the period: the Inquisition and witch-hunts. Alexander VI, father of the ruthless Cesare and jezebel Lucrezia, is seen to this day as the embodiment of this iniquity. But Gerard Noel shows this is unjust, and based on false confessions and historical myth. What’s more, Alexander created the blueprint for reform -- the first of its kind -- that would eventually lead to the Counter- Reformation.
In his survey of the colourful reigns of the seventeen Renaissance Popes and his examination of the great Borgia myth, Gerard Noel brings to light the true legacy -- political, artistic, religious -- of an extraordinary time.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1447年到1572年期间，罗马经历了翻天覆地的变化，从一座废墟中的中世纪城市重新崛起了。梵蒂冈成了宗教的基地，全世界最大的官僚机构，一座崭新的圣比得堡大教堂用了整整一百年才完成，而米开朗基罗设计的西斯汀教堂则改变了艺术历史的进程。这样一次文化性大爆炸范围之广，代价之高，所以不得不想出一个新的筹钱办法来：出卖纵容。
文艺复兴时期的教皇中既有政客、骑士，艺术品消费者以及牧师。这是一段世俗的时代，像亚历山大六世，朱利叶斯二世这样的教皇都已经声名狼籍了，谋杀、下毒害人，几乎无恶不作，只是程度上稍有伯仲吧了……
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About the Author/作者介绍： The Hon. Gerard Noel was the Editor of the Catholic Herald and is now its Editorial Director. He is the author of several books including biographies of Paul VI and British Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
Gerard Noel曾经是《天主教先锋》 的编辑，现在是编辑部主任。他曾经创作过保罗六世以及英国首相哈罗德·威尔逊的传记。
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