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- Title
Hat Papstgeschichte Zukunft?
- Authors
Reinhard, Wolfgang
- Abstract
At least in Germany, it seems that publication of the reports sent by nuncios to the Secretariat of State is coming to an end. Digitizing the sources may represent a valid alternative to compensate for this lack, the more so as it offers the potential for creating a vast database containing data on all the people and offices of the curia, which would thus be an excellent starting point for further research. In any case, we can connect the history of the Popes to the new deconstructivist approach in political and cultural history if we focus on the Papacy as a peculiar cultural power that cultivated its own unusual culture of power. A crucial consideration is that the Papal church not only acted as a model for the formation of the European states, but became a state itself. As such, it is to be hoped that long-term studies will be undertaken of its staff and institutions. Alongside this material history, it would be helpful to investigate the personal devotion of the Popes and in particular the Marian cult, and to explore the cult of the Pope and other pre-modern but still extant practices among the faithful.
- Subjects
PAPAL nuncios; DIGITIZATION; HISTORY of the Papacy; VENERATION of Christian saints; COURTS &; courtiers
- Publication
Quellen und Forschungen aus Italienischen Archiven und Bibliotheken, 2018, Vol 97, Issue 1, p353
- ISSN
0079-9068
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/qfiab-2017-0019