Celeste McNamara
Title
Dr
Institution
Dublin City University
Website
http://www.celestemcnamara.comCurrent Research
'Sin in the Serenissima: Policing Illicit Sexuality in Early Modern Venice'
Recent Publications
“Priests Behaving Badly: The Problem of Scandal in the Early Modern Catholic Church,” The Journal of Modern History 96.1 (2024): 47-77.
“Dangerous Liaisons, or Strategies for Family Management in 18th-century Venice,” The History of the Family 28.4, (2023): 740-759.
“Pastoral Care,” in The Cambridge Companion to the Council of Trent, ed. Nelson Minnich, 225-241. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023.
“Schism in the stato da mar: the Bishop of Padua and Missions in South-Eastern Europe” Historični seminar (Historical Seminar) 14, (2021): 29-46.
The Bishop’s Burden: Reforming the Catholic Church in Early Modern Italy (Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2020).
“Molding the Model Bishop from Trent to Vatican II,” Church History 88, (2019): 58-86.
“Dangerous Liaisons, or Strategies for Family Management in 18th-century Venice,” The History of the Family 28.4, (2023): 740-759.
“Pastoral Care,” in The Cambridge Companion to the Council of Trent, ed. Nelson Minnich, 225-241. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023.
“Schism in the stato da mar: the Bishop of Padua and Missions in South-Eastern Europe” Historični seminar (Historical Seminar) 14, (2021): 29-46.
The Bishop’s Burden: Reforming the Catholic Church in Early Modern Italy (Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2020).
“Molding the Model Bishop from Trent to Vatican II,” Church History 88, (2019): 58-86.
Forthcoming Publications
“On Sex Crimes in Italy,” in Evidence, Crime, and Forensics in Early Modern Europe, edited by Lu Ann Homza and Amanda Scott, forthcoming from Routledge.
(with Lu Ann Homza), “The Mediterranean” in A Companion to the Parish in Late Medieval and Early Modern Christianity, edited by Beat Kümin and Arnd Reitemeier, forthcoming from Brill.
“The Impact of Catholic Reform on Art” in Devotio Maniera: The Mannerist Altarpiece in Italy circa 1550, edited by Steven Cody and Tiffany Hunt .
(with Lu Ann Homza), “The Mediterranean” in A Companion to the Parish in Late Medieval and Early Modern Christianity, edited by Beat Kümin and Arnd Reitemeier, forthcoming from Brill.
“The Impact of Catholic Reform on Art” in Devotio Maniera: The Mannerist Altarpiece in Italy circa 1550, edited by Steven Cody and Tiffany Hunt .