True and False Liberty. Instructions for a Sovereign Pope (1589) : Camillo Paleotti's De Repubblica bononiensi
Is it possible to be a free citizen and the subject of a sovereign contemporaneously? In 1589, Camillo Paleotti, a Bolognese senator and the city's ambassador to Rome, sought to explain how in a treatise directed to Pope Sixtus V. Until his election, the pope had implemented a policy seeking to...
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| description | Is it possible to be a free citizen and the subject of a sovereign contemporaneously? In 1589, Camillo Paleotti, a Bolognese senator and the city's ambassador to Rome, sought to explain how in a treatise directed to Pope Sixtus V. Until his election, the pope had implemented a policy seeking to nullify Bolognàs libertas and the liberties exercised by its citizens in the governance of the res publica. Paleotti composed a brief manuscript treatise, De Repubblica, that is divided into two parts. The first treats the definition of the term res publica, the models of the ancient republics, and the problem of the best regime. The second considers Bolognàs status within the Papal State, as well as traditional Bolognese customs. My paper centers on the distinction between false and true libertas made by Paleotti in addressing the question of whether Bolognese libertas is compatible with subjection to the pope. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-51179bafc7f54bfc83934898e6de52472023-09-02T19:01:14ZengViella EditriceStoricamente1825-411X2012-12-018110.1473/stor429True and False Liberty. Instructions for a Sovereign Pope (1589) : Camillo Paleotti's De Repubblica bononiensiAngela De Benedictis0Univ. Bologna, Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà, P.zza San Giovanni in Monte 2, Bologna, I-40124, ItalyIs it possible to be a free citizen and the subject of a sovereign contemporaneously? In 1589, Camillo Paleotti, a Bolognese senator and the city's ambassador to Rome, sought to explain how in a treatise directed to Pope Sixtus V. Until his election, the pope had implemented a policy seeking to nullify Bolognàs libertas and the liberties exercised by its citizens in the governance of the res publica. Paleotti composed a brief manuscript treatise, De Repubblica, that is divided into two parts. The first treats the definition of the term res publica, the models of the ancient republics, and the problem of the best regime. The second considers Bolognàs status within the Papal State, as well as traditional Bolognese customs. My paper centers on the distinction between false and true libertas made by Paleotti in addressing the question of whether Bolognese libertas is compatible with subjection to the pope.http://storicamente.org/debenedictis_paleottiBolognaCamillo PaleottiRenaissanceItalyHistory |
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| title | True and False Liberty. Instructions for a Sovereign Pope (1589) : Camillo Paleotti's De Repubblica bononiensi |
| title_full | True and False Liberty. Instructions for a Sovereign Pope (1589) : Camillo Paleotti's De Repubblica bononiensi |
| title_fullStr | True and False Liberty. Instructions for a Sovereign Pope (1589) : Camillo Paleotti's De Repubblica bononiensi |
| title_full_unstemmed | True and False Liberty. Instructions for a Sovereign Pope (1589) : Camillo Paleotti's De Repubblica bononiensi |
| title_short | True and False Liberty. Instructions for a Sovereign Pope (1589) : Camillo Paleotti's De Repubblica bononiensi |
| title_sort | true and false liberty instructions for a sovereign pope 1589 camillo paleotti s de repubblica bononiensi |
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