The book offers a renewed study of the life and works of one of the most famous popular preachers and sermon authors of Renaissance Italy, providing a reference work on the figure of Roberto Caracciolo and a reading of his times.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Giacomo Mariani -- Copyright page / Giacomo Mariani -- List of Illustrations / Giacomo Mariani -- Abbreviations / Giacomo Mariani -- Biographical Chronology / Giacomo Mariani -- Introduction / Giacomo Mariani -- Introduction to Part 1 / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 1 Franciscan Historiography Concerning a Controversial Friar / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 2 The Influence of Defaming Comments and the Waning of a Style of Preaching / Giacomo Mariani -- Introduction to Part 2 / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 3 Youth and Family (1425–c. 1446) / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 4 First Successful Preaching in Umbria (c. 1446–1448) / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 5 Itinerant Preaching in Central and Southern Italy (1448–1450) / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 6 Preaching in Padua (1450–1451) / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 7 Brescia, Milan, and Forlì (1451) / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 8 Roberto’s Break from the Observant Family (1452–1453) / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 9 Renewed Attacks against the Observant Reform (1453–1455) / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 10 Preaching the Crusade in Rome (1455–1457) / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 11 Preaching in Milan (1457–1458) / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 12 Florence and Rome (1459–1461) / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 13 Preaching the Crusade in Northern Italy (1463) / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 14 Rome, Bologna, Ferrara, Naples and Genoa (1464–1467) / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 15 The Devil’s Activity in the World (1467–1470) / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 16 Preacher in Naples and Ecclesiastical Career in Rome (1470–1480) / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 17 From the Siege of Otranto to the Last Years in Lecce (1480–1495) / Giacomo Mariani -- Introduction to Part 3 / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 18 Preaching between Action and Intellectual Debate / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 19 Preaching, Writing, and Printing Sermons in Fifteenth-Century Italy / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 20 The Editorial History of Roberto’s Sermon Collections / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 21 Outlines of the Manuscript Diffusion of Roberto’s Sermons / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 22 The Readers of Roberto’s Sermon Collections / Giacomo Mariani -- Chapter 23 The Fame of the Celebrated Preacher / Giacomo Mariani -- Appendices / Giacomo Mariani -- Bibliography / Giacomo Mariani -- Index of Names and Places / Giacomo Mariani -- Index of Manuscript Sources / Giacomo Mariani -- Index of Early Printed Books / Giacomo Mariani -- Index of Biblical Quotations / Giacomo Mariani.

In the second half of the fifteenth century, Roberto Caracciolo’s preaching touched the most important cities of Italy, and met with wide and resounding success. His sermons were read and diffused throughout Italy and Europe, propelled by the emergence of the printing press industry. This book provides a new and comprehensive study of his life, preaching and writing, replacing outdated resources and adding new and hitherto unknown data. It offers a reference work on a relevant social, intellectual and religious actor of Renaissance Italy and a reading of those times through the life and works of a celebrated preacher.

Description based on print version record.