"Cristianesimo e potere" è dedicato a un tema che costituisce il filo rosso di tutta l'indagine dello storico Prodi: una ricerca dedicata a mettere in luce come la caratteristica della civiltà europea sia la peculiare divisione di ambiti fra Chiesa e Stato. Indagine storica ma i…
This major new study is an exploration of the Elizabethan Puritan movement through the eyes of its most determined and relentless opponent, Richard Bancroft, later Archbishop of Canterbury. It analyses his obsession with the perceived threat to the stability of the church and st…
As duchess of Brittany [1491-1514] and twice queen of France [1491-98; 1498-1514], Anne de Bretagne set a benchmark by which to measure the status of female authority in Europe at the dawn of the Renaissance. Although at times a traditional political pawn, when men who ruled her…
