A Companion To Religious Minorities In Early Modern Rome

Edited by Coneys Wainwright, Matthew; Edited by Michelson Emily
Short description/annotation:
An examination of groups and individuals in Rome who were not Roman Catholic, or not born so. It demonstrates how other religions had a lasting impact on early modern Catholic institutions in Rome.
Description:
A Companion to Religious Minorities in Early Modern Rome investigates the lives and stories of the many groups and individuals in Rome, between 1500 and approximately 1750, who were not Roman (Latin) Catholic. It shows how early modern Catholic people and institutions in Rome were directly influenced by their interactions with other religious traditions. This collection reveals the significant impact of Protestants, Muslims, Jews, and Eastern Rite Christians; the influence of the many transient groups and individual travelers who passed through the city; the unique contributions of converts to Catholicism, who drew on the religion of their birth; and the importance of intermediaries, fluent in more than one culture and religion. Contributors include: Olivia Adankpo-Labadie, Robert John Clines, Matthew Coneys Wainwright, Serena Di Nepi, Irene Fosi, Mayu Fujikawa, Sam Kennerley, Emily Michelson, James Nelson Novoa, Cesare Santus, Piet van Boxel, and Justine A. Walden.
Table of contents:
Abbreviations List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction  Emily Michelson and Matthew Coneys Wainwright 1 Papal Ceremonies for the Embassies of Non-Catholic Rulers   Mayu Fujikawa 2 Pope as Arbiter  The Place of Early Modern Rome in the Pan-Mediterranean Ecumenical Visions of Eastern Rite Christians   Robert John Clines 3 Non-Catholic Pilgrims and the Hospital of SS. Trinità dei Pellegrini e Convalescenti (1575–1650)   Matthew Coneys Wainwright 4 Between Conversion and Reconquest  The Venerable English College between the Late 16th and 17th Centuries   Irene Fosi 5 Ethiopian Christians in Rome, c.1400–c.1700   Sam Kennerley 6 A Faith between Two Worlds  Expressing Ethiopian Devotion and Crossing Cultural Boundaries at Santo Stefano dei Mori in Early Modern Rome   Olivia Adankpo-Labadie 7 Being a New Christian in Early Modern Rome   James Nelson Novoa 8 Wandering Lives  Eastern Christian Pilgrims, Alms-Collectors and “Refugees” in Early Modern Rome   Cesare Santus 9 Saving Souls, Forgiving Bodies  A New Source and a Working Hypothesis on Slavery, Conversion and Religious Minorities in Early Modern Rome (16th–19th Centuries)   Serena Di Nepi 10 Muslim Slaves in Early Modern Rome  The Development and Visibility of a Labouring Class   Justine A. Walden 11 Jews in 16th-Century Italy and the Vicissitudes of the Hebrew Book   Piet van Boxel 12 Resist, Refute, Redirect  Roman Jews Attend Conversionary Sermons   Emily Michelson Bibliography Index of Names
Review quote:
“Each of the essays of this volume is meticulously researched and provides new insights on the presence of religious minorities in papal Rome. As a whole, they build on previous scholarship, push research in new directions, and offer a nuanced picture of how different religious minorities encountered Rome and Catholicism. Furthermore, each essay concludes with a brief suggestion for new avenues of research. […] The editors and the contributors have given us an excellent starting place to uncover the voices of religious minorities living in the very heart of the Catholic world.” John M. Hunt, Utah Valley University. In: Journal of Jesuit Studies, Vol. 8, No. 4 (September 2021), pp. 678–681.
Biographical note:
Matthew Coneys Wainwright is Research Associate in the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics at Newcastle University. His work deals with late medieval and early modern pilgrimage culture and the history of the book between manuscript and print. Emily Michelson is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern Hi