‘Republics by Contract’: Civil Society, Social Capital, and the ‘Putnam Thesis’ in the Papal Stat by Nicholas Terpstra

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The Gift of Emperor Michael, Papal Textiles with Chrysoclabas and Figurative Art in the Period of Iconoclasm by Piotr Grotowski

“…Volbach sought to associate two pieces of silk samits with the Annunciation and Nativity scenes (kept at the Vatican Museo Sacro; initially dated to the 6th c.) with papal gifts from the turn of 8th and 9th c. His hypothesis, accepted by most scholars, has recently been disputed by Anna Muthesius, who suggests a later date for both silks (after 843). …”
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Papal Rome in lockdown: proximities, temporalities, and emotions during the im/mobility of the conclave by Pattenden, M

From Ambassador to Cardinal? Francisco de Vargas at the papal court (1559-63) by Pattenden, M

“…Nowhere was this more the case than at the papal court, where opportunities often opened up for ambassadors to enter papal service and advance their careers in ways that would not have been possible at home.…”

Colunas de São Pedro: a política papal na Idade Média central by Maria Filomena Pinto da Costa Coelho

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Libertas, oligarchie e governo papale. Ascoli nel “lungo” Quattrocento (1377-1502) by Francesco Pirani

“…Il testo esamina la storia politica di Ascoli nel Quattrocento attraverso i rapporti con la monarchia papale e con i regimi signorili che si affermarono nella prima metà del secolo. …”
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SCAN TO BIM FOR 3D RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PAPAL BASILICA OF SAINT FRANCIS IN ASSISI IN ITALY by M. G. Angelini, V. Baiocchi, D. Costantino, F. Garzia

“…The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the methodology and the results obtained from integrated laser scanning activity in order to have precious architectural information useful not only from the cultural heritage point of view but also to construct more operative and powerful tools, such as BIM (Building Information Modelling) aimed to the management of this cultural heritage. The Papal Basilica and the Sacred Convent of Saint Francis in Assisi in Italy are, in fact, characterized by unique and complex peculiarities, which require a detailed knowledge of the sites themselves to ensure visitor’s security and safety. …”
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National and Private Ambitions in the Patronage of French Cardinals at the Papal Court (Fifteenth to Sixteenth centuries) by Flaminia Bardati

“…Analysing their architectural patronage helps to evaluate if they were agents of the King of France aiming to promote, in part by supporting art and architecture, royal policy at the papal court, or if they were driven by personal ambitions. …”
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Vasari e la supremazia toscana nell’architettura papale della seconda età by Patricia Dalcanale Meneses

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Colunas de São Pedro: a política papal na Idade Média central by Maria Filomena Pinto da Costa Coelho

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Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela and papal power in the 12th to 15th centuries by Xosé M. Sánchez Sánchez

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Decreto del Sumo Pontífice Francisco relativo a Caritas Internationalis (22-11-2022) by José San José Prisco

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Table of Contents, Vol. 12, no. 1, Toward Dignity and Reconciliation: After Dobbs and the Papal Apology by M. Therese Lysaught

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Tamed Mobilization. Marian Messages, Pilgrim Masses and Papal Moderateness in Fatima since Paul VI by Mariano P. Barbato

“…A quantitative analysis of the papal documents issued during papal journeys to Fatima, the most political apparition of the 20th century, shows that a modest religious discourse about God and world had been presented instead of promoting the critical messages of the apparition. …”
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Andronikos Kamateros on the Dispute between Manuel I Komnenos and Papal Legates: An Essay on the Literary Reading by Lev Vsevolodovich Lukhovitskiy

“…The cardinals enter the dialogue as Papal envoys without their own voice; then they get involved into the dispute and try to overpower Manuel in theoretical discussion. …”
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Francisco y su visita al Ecuador: Aproximación al análisis del discurso Papal by Pedro Bravo Reinoso

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From Archangels to Virtual Pilgrims: A Brief History of Papal Digital Mobilization as Soft Power by Johannes Ludwig Löffler

“…John Paul II endorsed the establishment of the first Vatican website and an official papal e-mail account, which provided Catholics a new form of communication with the Holy Father. …”
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The Gendered Space of the “Oriental Vatican”—Zi-ka-wei, the French Jesuits and the Evolution of Papal Diplomacy by Wei Mo

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Maillard de Tournon: The First Papal Legate to China (1702–1710) and His Unknown Manuscripts by Rui Zhang

“…It contains letters and reports from Maillard de Tournon, the first papal legate to China, and records his mission and the early efforts of the Holy See to establish direct contact with the Qing court, bypassing the patronage system and locally entrenched religious orders (the Jesuits in particular). …”
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La Diplomacia Española y la Papal en la Corte Imperial de Fernando II by Pavel MAREK

“…The study uses like main source the relations that the Spanish ambassadors and the papal nuncios sent, thanks to which it is possible to find out the attitudes that both catholic powers took with respect to the events who happened in Central Europe during the first third of century XVII, and to identify the groups of people who helped them to make their political aims in the beginning of the Thirty Years War.…”
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