The Papacy in the Time of Cusanus

Sponsoring Organization(s)

American Cusanus Society

Organizer Name

Thomas M. Izbicki

Organizer Affiliation

Rutgers Univ.

Presider Name

Thomas M. Izbicki

Paper Title 1

Quando Martinus Papa Gubernare Incepit: Nicholas of Cusa and the Renaissance Papacy

Presenter 1 Name

Richard J. Serina Jr.

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Concordia College

Paper Title 2

The Importance of "Spontaneity" in Cusanus's Later Work

Presenter 2 Name

Il Kim

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Auburn Univ.

Paper Title 3

From Biondo to Castiglionchio the Younger: Humanists at the Curia of Eugenius IV, 1431-1447

Presenter 3 Name

Luke Bancroft

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Monash Univ.

Paper Title 4

Cusanus and the Papacy

Presenter 4 Name

Christopher M. Bellitto

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Kean Univ.

Start Date

10-5-2018 3:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard 205

Description

Nicolas of Cusa was closely engaged with the papacy from his time at the Council of Basel (1431-1447) to his death as a cardinal in 1464. This session will place Cusanus in a context which combines Church politics with cultural developments of the Italian Renaissance. Rick Serina and Christopher Bellitto will address the political aspects, including Cusanus’ role in the College of Cardinals. Il Kim and Luke Bancroft will address the cultural context. The cardinals, as princes of the Church, built palaces in styles fashionable in the fifteenth century. The popes employed humanists, some of them very prominent, who had contact with the prelates of the curia, including as employers of their talents.

Donald F. Duclow