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This essay focuses on Father Léon Dehon (1843-1925), founder of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and his longstanding relationship with Rome and the Roman spiritual and physical spaces. Dehon studied in a Roman seminary in the... more
This article examines textual descriptions of smiling, laughing and joking with the pope in thirteenth-century Rome. It focuses on two Anglo-Norman accounts of conducting litigation at the papal curia: Thomas of Marlborough's (d.1236)... more
The essay investigates the reconstruction of the Greek College in Rome, undertaken by the Society of Jesus shortly before its suppression in 1773. This interesting example of late Baroque architecture, which stands out in the typological... more
Quale era il «sistema di welfare» che prima dell’introduzione del «welfare state» rispondeva ai bisogni della popolazione anziana? A quanti anni si era considerati vecchi tra Cinquecento e Ottocento? A che età ci si ritirava dal lavoro?... more
Lecture su "Oltre la clausura. I monasteri femminili in età moderna: relazioni, conflitti, negoziazioni" all'interno del ciclo di Seminari 2017 intitolati "Inclusione / esclusione: modelli, strategie, conflitti" del Dottorato di Ricerca... more
[...]. A perspective on the relations between Rome and Madrid at the beginning of the seventeenth century will be examined by focusing on recommendations, favours, rewards, and benefices as recompense for gratitude and friendship. The... more
Printed descriptions of ceremonies, festivities, and pageants were a growth sector of publishing in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Giving particular attention to the publishing format of such works, this article analyzes 110... more
There are works attributed to G. P. Panini derived from Piranesi's The Campidoglio from the side, which prompts an investigation of how Panini in fact represented the Campidoglio compared to Piranesi. It looks at the sightlines they... more
This conference examines the significant topic of papal communication from the perspective of the recipients; it focuses on the diverse responses and receptions to papal communications found across medieval Europe between the years 1000... more
Esta comunicación presenta un estudio sobre la cultura material de los cardenales de la Corona española durante su estancia en Roma a través del caso concreto de Gabriel de Trejo y Paniagua.
The longevity, paradoxes, and ambivalence of British relations with Europe in the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries coalesce in vivid fashion when examining Anglo-Roman cultural contact. Rome meant many different things to Norman... more