Avignon and Its Papacy, 1309-1417: Popes, Institutions, and Society

330 Pages·2015·1.838 MB·English

by  Joëlle Rollo-Koster

Avignon and Its Papacy, 1309–1417

Avignon and Its Papacy, 1309–1417
Popes, Institutions, and Society
Joëlle Rollo-Koster
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Contents
Author’sNote xi
Maps xiii
Introduction 1
Notes 15
1 EarlyPopes 23
BeforeClement:BonifaceVIII,PhiliptheFair,andRome 24
ClementV:FrenchPuppetorAbleDiplomat? 32
ThePastCatchingUp:BonifaceandtheTemplars 33
WhyNotReturntoRome? 40
Centralization:JohnXXII 44
SatanicBeginnings 46
TheFranciscanPovertyDebateandItsEuropeanImplication 48
BeatificVision 54
Monasticization:BenedictXII 56
StayinginAvignon 59
Notes 62
2 PapalMonarchy 69
HowtoBePope:ThePapalMonarchyofClementVI 70
ClementVIandRome:ColadiRienzo 74
ClementVIandJoannaofNaples 75
ClementVIandItaly:MilanandLouisofBavaria 78
ClementVI:ArbiteroftheHundredYears’War 79
TheArrivaloftheBlackDeath 82
ClementVI:TheHumanist 84
LawyerandConqueror:InnocentVI 86
TheLandsofSt.Peter 89
TheHundredYears’War:PoitiersandItsAftermath 93
TheFreeCompaniesinProvence 98
HolyRomanEmpire 102
Notes 104
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3 ReturningtoRome 109
UrbanV 110
AFastidiousMan 112
HowtoEliminatetheFreeCompanies 115
TheEmperor’sVisit 117
TheCastilianSituation 119
ReturningtoRome 121
TheLastoftheAvignonPopes:GregoryXI 128
FlorenceandthePope:TowardtheBreak 130
FlorenceandthePopeatWar 133
TheInterdict 138
ReturningtoRome 140
Notes 146
4 ConstructingtheAdministration:Governanceand
Personnel 149
GovernanceandFinance:Avignon 154
ApostolicChamber 155
Chancery 165
PenitentiaryandRota 167
ThePope’sHousehold 169
TheAdministration’sMarkonAvignon 176
Cardinals 179
Notes 185
5 Avignon:TheCapitalandItsPopulation 189
Avignon’sGovernanceandAdministration 191
CitizensandCourtiers 194
Avignon’sUrbanLandscape 199
Avignon’sParishesandTheirSocialTopography 207
ToLiveinaMedievalCapitalCity 228
Notes 234
6 TheGreatWesternSchismandAvignon 239
WhyaSchism? 240
TheEarlyYears 249
Continuation 260
TowardaSolution 269
EffectsandResults 273
Notes 283