A Worldly Reform
Honor and Pastoral Practice in the Career of Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga (1505-63)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16610218 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul V Murphy (0000-0002-1529-6540, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 399-418 |
| Publication date | 2000-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sixteenth Century Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-0160 • E-ISSN: 2326-0726 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2671618 |
| OpenAlex | W2211923875 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The present study argues that a worldly sense of honor could spur a Renaissance prelate to reform as much as it might inhibit him from it. Many clerics were more interested in their livelihoods than in reform. Nevertheless, the social prestige that these individuals enjoyed or sought led them, paradoxically, to carry out reforms that have often been attributed to a more «pure» or «evangelical» inspiration. Thus, historians should use caution in examining the motivations and lives of sixteenth-century prelates. The career of one such figure, Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga (1505-63) of Mantua, highlights this combination of worldliness and reform. This article addresses how Gonzaga's awareness of his place in society and the demands of honor for maintaining that place encouraged his patrician reform activity at least as much as it might have hindered him
Honor · Sociology · Computer Science · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2005 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |