Documents relating to the Papacy and the Papal States, [circa 1620-circa 1720].

0.42 linear feet (1 box)

Italian; Latin

In Italian and Latin.

Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps. Purchased from H. P. Kraus on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 1997.

This material is open for research.

Collection of thirty-three manuscript and four printed documents relating to the history of the Papacy and of the Papal States in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Copies of letters, memoranda, instructions and legal documents pertain to the appointment of cardinals; the proper observance of the Roman Rites; points of canon law; and current political controversies involving the Pope and the Papal States. Also included is a lengthy "Aviso" directed to the King of Spain, discussing the conclave which elected Urban VIII and the favor shown to members of his family, the Barberini.

January 12, 2015

Documents Relating to the Papacy and the Papal States. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Documents Relating to the Papacy and the Papal States. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.