Provincial Councils in Polycentric Catholicism, 1517-1817. The Normative activity of worldwide episcopates in relation to the Papal Monarchy and Curial Congregations

本研究项目旨在对1517年至1817年在世界范围内庆祝的天主教会省议会进行全球和系统的调查。迄今为止，学术研究一直局限于研究人员认为“感兴趣”的个别理事会。该项目旨在通过分析不同的形式、更广泛的背景和省议会在全球背景下的具体发展，超越这种分散的方法。它旨在系统地分析特伦特会议（1545-1563）的遗产之间的关系，它的地方执行，以及罗马会议对其法令的解释。该项目摆脱了传统的以罗马为中心的方法，希望突出省议会作为天主教全球化的关键平台的重要性，并调查不同省议会之间的相互关系。

This research project aims to provide global and systematical survey on the provincial Councils celebrated in the Catholic Church worldwide from 1517 to 1817. To date, scholarship has focussed narrowly on individual Councils deemed “of interest” by researchers investigating them. The project seeks to transcend this fragmented approach through the analysis of different formats, wider context and specific development of provincial Councils in a global setting. It aims to analyze systematically the relationships between the legacy the Council of Trent (1545-1563), its local enforcement, and the interpretation the Roman Congregation of the Council gave to its decrees. Moving away from a traditional Rome-centered approach, the project wishes to highlight the importance of provincial Councils as pivotal platforms of Catholic globalisation and to investigate the mutual relationships between different provincial Councils.