Shakespeare's Development and the Problem Comedies: Turn and Counter-Turn
1969; Iter Press; Volume: 19; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.33137/rr.v19i3.12388
ISSN2293-7374
AutoresRichard P. Wheeler, Margie Burns,
Tópico(s)Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
ResumoThe final contribution, and one that by itself would justify the price of the book, is a fascinating essay by Robert Trisco on Emperor Ferdinand F s attempts to bring about curial reform at the final sessions of the Council of Trent.Trisco describes in detail the complicated manouvering Ferdinand's advisors went through, and the determined resistance of Paul IV and the Curia who feared a re-opening of the discussions of the Councils of Constance and Basle on the relation of pope and council.Trisco docu- ments the prevailing lack of confidence, among the Council fathers, in the Curia's promises to reform itself, especially when immediately following the Council's first reform decree on the Curia, Paul IV appointed an eleven year old and an eighteen year old as cardinals.And Trisco also describes how the final reform decrees of the Council came about.There is no doubt that this essay will be a permanent contribution to our understanding of Trent's reform of the Roman Curia.Trisco' s essay is 200 pages long and makes up over half the book.The imbalance here is obvious, but in this case it is a fortunate one.Any serious library should have Trisco's essay, and the other essays in this collection, especially those of Schuessler, Lytle, and Schoeck, enrich the volume, making it a worthwhile acquisition.
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