Raiding Saint Peter
Subtitle: empty sees, violence, and the initiation of the Great Western Schism (1378)
By: by Joëlle Rollo-Koster.
Series: Brill's series in church history -- 32
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9789004165601
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Bishops -- Europe -- Appointment, call, and election -- History -- To 1500; Schism, The Great Western, 1378-1417; Violence -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Pillage -- Europe -- History -- To 1500; Europe -- Religious life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The empty see; title: Empty see governance and the papal electoral system; title: The liturgy of the empty see; title: Looting, charity, and liturgy; title: The empty see as liminal phenomenon; title: Looting the empty see : the early chronology; title: Introducing spolia: the connection with the ancient; title: Early spoils : historiography; title: Evidence; title: Right of spoil; title: Looting the empty see : the Great Western Schism (1378); title: Rome 1378 : quick historiography; title: Rome 1378 : background; title: Rome 1378 : "Romanum volumus papam vel omnes moriemini!"