Legati, delegati e l'impresa d'Oltremare (secoli XII-XIII)
Subtitle: Papal legates, delegates and the crusades (12th-13th century) : Atti del Convegno internazionale di studi, Milano, Università cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 9-11 marzo 2011
By: a cura di Maria Pia Alberzoni, Pascal Montaubin ; con collaborazione di Lucia Veronica Dell'Asta
Series: Ecclesia militans 3; Collection Ecclesia militans -- 3.
Publisher: Brepols
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Turnhout
Language: ita; fre; ger
Number of pages: 494
ISBN-13: 9782503554419
Subjects: Congresses; Foreign relations; Papal legates; History; Crusades; Church history; Middle Ages; International relations; Catholic Church
Description: "While the huge historiographical production on medieval crusades mainly stresses the part played by princes, the aristocracy and military orders, the proceedings of the international congress held at the Università cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan on 9th-11th March 2011 focus on a topic which has received far less attention: the importance of the popes and their delegates in the organization before departure and the conduct of the armies sent to liberate the Holy Land in the 12th and 13th centuries. The recent revival of studies on the representation of the Supreme Pontiff has led to reconsider the actions of the papal governement in the crusades. In this volume, fourteen specialists throw new light on the clerks and prelates (cardinals, legates, nuncios, papal chaplains, etc.) who were commissioned by the popes to set up and lead crusades, on their origins and careers, on their methods of preaching and collecting taxes, on their diplomatic relations, on the obligations of their missions and their liberty to act, etc. Devoting greater attention to papal delegates will help to better understand the complex inner history of the military pilgrims to Jerusalem."--Back cover
Notes: Texts in Italian, French, German, English ; abstracts in English.