by Brendan Dooley (Author), Brendan Maurice Dooley (Author)
Chronicles Orazio Morandi's fabulous rise and fall against the backdrop of enormous political and cultural turmoil that characterized Italy in the early seventeenth century. This book documents a world in which occult knowledge commanded power and reveals widespread libertinism behind monastery walls.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 254
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 01 Apr 2002
ISBN 10: 0691048649
ISBN 13: 9780691048642