Publication

2016 - University of Toronto Press

Language

English

Word Count

134,000 words, Guess

Page Count

536 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781442637184
  • ISBN-101442637188
  • OCLC Control Number920015740
  • Better World Books9781442637184
  • Open LibraryOL28823330M

Classifications

  • LCCBX1355 .B46 2016

Description

"Pope Benedict XIV Lambertini (r. 1740 58) was one of the driving forces behind the Italian Enlightenment of the eighteenth century. His campaign to reconcile faith and empirical science, re-launch a dialogue between the Church and the European intellectual community, and expand papal patronage of the arts and sciences helped restore Italy's position as a center of intellectual and artistic innovation."-- "Benedict XIV and the Enlightenment offers a broad and nuanced assessment of Benedict's engagement with Enlightenment art, science, spirituality, and culture. The collection's essays, written by international experts in the field, cover topics ranging from Benedict's revisions to the Church's procedures for beatification and sanctification to his patronage of women scientists and mathematicians at the university in Bologna, his birthplace."--

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Other Editions

  • Benedict XIV and the Enlightenment: Art, Science, and SpiritualityUniversity of Toronto Press2016-01-01

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