Emperors and Imperial Discourse in Italy, c. 1300-1500
New Perspectives
Collection de l'École française de RomeÉditeur : Publications de l’École française de Rome
Lieu d’édition : Rome
Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 27 mai 2022
Collection : Collection de l'École française de Rome
Année d’édition : 2022
Nombre de pages : 368
Présentation
Describing the Holy Roman Empire after 1250 as a hopeless dream or an empty formula only Roman in name, historians have long minimized the impact of the imperial presence in late-medieval Italy. The nationalist historiography, on which we still largely depend, presented the Empire as alien to the very essence of humanism and modernity. Associating humanism with republicanism, scholars silently suggested that the belief in the peace-bringing emperor faded away as the Renaissance unfolded. No real humanist, so it was believed, could genuinely support the medieval construct that was the Holy Roman Empire.
Only recently has this historiographical framework really been challenged. The present volume builds further on the thesis that humanism was perfectly compatible with imperialist political ideals. It aims to bring together new perspectives on empire and emperors in Italy and to highlight the continuing importance of the imperial ideal throughout the fourteenth and fifteenth century. It focuses on imperial discourses in the writings of Italian historians, humanists, poets, jurists and notaries.
The imitation of Roman emperors is both a sign of the Renaissance and a central aspect in medieval political thought. It may, therefore, not surprise that the descent of the “king of the Romans” into Italy attracted the attention of Italians with humanist tastes. The name of empire aroused high expectations. Orations, histories, treatises, and letters show that many still generally accepted the legitimacy of the empire and considered the contemporary Holy Roman Emperor as the lawful leader of the Christian world.
Sommaire
Anne Huijbers
IntroductionImperium and res publica: conflict or harmony?
Carole Mabboux
‘Tullius’ and res publicaUses and attributions of the republican notion in fourteenth-century Italy
Anna Modigliani
Imperium e res publica nelle lettere di Cola di Rienzo e nel racconto delle cronacheJuan Carlos D’Amico
Fazio degli Uberti, il Dittamondo e l’ideologia imperialeThe imperial discourse of jurists and humanists
Daniela Rando
La forza vitale di un’idea: l’Impero insegnato allo Studium di Padova nel primo QuattrocentoVeronika Proske
Pro duobus magnis luminaribus mundiDas Papst-Kaiser-Treffen 1433 und seine humanistische Rezeption
Riccardo Pallotti
Federico III d’Asburgo in Italia tra politica e retoricaThe historiography of empire
Heike Johanna Mierau
Kaiser und Kaiserreich in spätmittelalterlichen UniversalchronikenWissensbestände, Rezeption und Wirkung in Italien
Anne Huijbers
The fortune of imperial historyGiovanni Mansionario’s Ystorie imperiales and Benvenuto da Imola’s Libellus augustalis
Conclusion
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