Papstwahlreform in Renaissance und tridentinischer Zeit: Dynamisierungen von Verfahrensform, Amtslegitimation und Semantik

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Günther Wassilowsky
• Subject Area: Roman Catholic Theology
• Term: from 2017 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 191290453

The project is a comparative investigation of two fundamental reforms of the procedures for arriving at the most important personnel decision in the Catholic Church. In a trans-epochal perspective and with different methods, it will focus, on the one hand, on a comprehensive analysis of the new papal election procedures codified in the Caeremoniale Romanum of 1488. On the other hand, it will establish the medium- to long-term effects of the conclave reform pronounced by Gregory XV after the conclusion of the council of Trento in 1621/22.

• DFG Programme: Research Units
• Subproject of: FOR 1664: Selecting Personnel for Key Societal Roles