Avignon and its papacy, 1309-1417
Subtitle: popes, institutions, and society
By: Joëlle Rollo-Koster
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9781442215320; 9781442215344
Subjects: Catholic Church. Curia Romana; Schism, The Great Western, 1378-1417; Bishops; Population; Appointment, call, and election; Catholic Church; Papacy; History
Description: "Through a blend of political and social history, the author tells the tale of the transplanted papacy in Avignon, bringing to life the fourteenth-century capital of Christianity"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Early popes; title: Papal monarchy; title: Returning to Rome; title: Constructing the administration : governance and personnel; title: Avignon : capital and its population; title: The Great Western Schism and Avignon; title: Conclusion.