Jacopo Gaetano Stefaneschi: a cardinal-historian between 13th and 14th centuries

• Autor(a) principal: Teixeira, Igor Salomão
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: História da Historiografia
• Texto Completo: https://www.historiadahistoriografia.com.br/revista/article/view/1552
• topic: Medieval history; History writing; Historian; História medieval; Escrita da História; Historiador; Historia medieval; Escritura de la Historia; Historiador

This article discusses the textual production of Jacopo Gaetano Stefaneschi. The documentation consists of two texts: De centesimo seu Iubileo anno liber – about the first Jubilee of the Church, requested by Pope Boniface VIII, for 1300; and Liber Cerimoniarum Curiae Romane – a text that describes ceremonies conducted by pontiffs and that encompasses the period during which Stefaneschi was a cardinal (from 1295 until his death in 1343).  The hypothesis that guides this investigation is that the analyzes about the production of narratives elaborated by cardinals expands the understanding of the history of the pontifical court. The methodology consists in identifying expressions and references that point to precise and datable events and, from that, answer the question: does the writing of history in the middle ages offers different answers than those found in historiography about the performance of cardinals? The central concepts for analysis are ceremonial, familia cardinalis and papal court. The conclusions point to the deepening and diversification of discussions about the writing of history in the Middle Ages.