The artistic patronage of the cardinals of Pope Pius II (1458-64)

This dissertation evaluates the patronage of the cardinals - not the popes - in early Renaissance Rome. It concentrates on the watershed papacy of Pius II (1458-64), which was shaped by two major events: the Conciliar debates and the capture of Constantinople by the Turks. The cardinals had been inf...

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Main Author: Richardson, Carol M.
Published: University of St Andrews 1996
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.725058