The historiography of the Spanish Monarchy has long ascribed it the quality of an open space for élites careers in the service of the Habsburgs. This was the case for cardinals who were Spanish subjects in the King of Spain’s Italian dominions and so belonged to the “Spanish faction”. They played a difficult role, considering their multiple offices and sometimes conflicting loyalties: as princes of the Roman Church; as bishops of politically significant dioceses that were also important for pastoral care; as mediators for prestigious marriages and the ecclesiastical careers of their own relatives; in some cases even as viceroys of Italian domains. This article aims to reconstruct this complex of duties and ties through the career of Giannettino Doria, who belonged to a noble family of Genoa with a long record of service to the Spanish Monarchy. Doria was Cardinal (1604), Archbishop of Palermo (1608-42) and four times Viceroy ad interim of Sicily. In the latter role his multiple loyalties were particularly put to the test by the jurisdictional struggle between Rome and Madrid regarding the controversial Papal privilege of the Apostolic Legateship or Regia Monarchia.

La storiografia sulla Monarchia spagnola ne ha da tempo individuato la caratteristica di spazio aperto per le carriere di élite al servizio degli Asburgo. Così è stato per i cardinali appartenenti alla “Fazione spagnola” in quanto sudditi dei domini italiani del re di Spagna. Essi giocarono un difficile ruolo, considerata la molteplicità delle cariche ricoperte e dei rispettivi doveri di fedeltà: principi della Chiesa romana; vescovi di diocesi chiave dal punto di vista politico e della cura pastorale; viceré dei domini italiani; mediatori in prestigiosi matrimoni e carriere ecclesiastiche dei propri parenti. Questo articolo si propone di ricostruire questo profilo attraverso la carriera di Giannettino Doria: appartenente a una nobile famiglia di Genova con un lungo curriculum di servizio alla Monarchia spagnola, cardinale (1604), arcivescovo di Palermo ( 1608-42) e quattro volte viceré ad interim di Sicilia. In quest’ultima veste le sue multiple lealtà furono particolarmente messe alla prova dallo scontro giurisdizionale tra Roma e Madrid in merito al controverso privilegio papale della Legazia Apostolica o Regia Monarchia.

D'Avenia, F. (2015). Lealtà alla prova: “Casa”, Monarchia, Chiesa. La carriera politica del cardinale Giannettino Doria (1573-1642). DIMENSIONI E PROBLEMI DELLA RICERCA STORICA, 2 (2015), 45-72.

Lealtà alla prova: “Casa”, Monarchia, Chiesa. La carriera politica del cardinale Giannettino Doria (1573-1642)

D'AVENIA, Fabrizio
2015-01-01

Abstract

The historiography of the Spanish Monarchy has long ascribed it the quality of an open space for élites careers in the service of the Habsburgs. This was the case for cardinals who were Spanish subjects in the King of Spain’s Italian dominions and so belonged to the “Spanish faction”. They played a difficult role, considering their multiple offices and sometimes conflicting loyalties: as princes of the Roman Church; as bishops of politically significant dioceses that were also important for pastoral care; as mediators for prestigious marriages and the ecclesiastical careers of their own relatives; in some cases even as viceroys of Italian domains. This article aims to reconstruct this complex of duties and ties through the career of Giannettino Doria, who belonged to a noble family of Genoa with a long record of service to the Spanish Monarchy. Doria was Cardinal (1604), Archbishop of Palermo (1608-42) and four times Viceroy ad interim of Sicily. In the latter role his multiple loyalties were particularly put to the test by the jurisdictional struggle between Rome and Madrid regarding the controversial Papal privilege of the Apostolic Legateship or Regia Monarchia.
2015
Settore M-STO/02 - Storia Moderna
Settore M-STO/07 - Storia Del Cristianesimo E Delle Chiese
D'Avenia, F. (2015). Lealtà alla prova: “Casa”, Monarchia, Chiesa. La carriera politica del cardinale Giannettino Doria (1573-1642). DIMENSIONI E PROBLEMI DELLA RICERCA STORICA, 2 (2015), 45-72.
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