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Avignon and its papacy, 1309-1417 : Popes, institutions, and society / Joëlle Rollo-Koster.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham Rowman & Littlefield 2015Description: xiv, 314 pages : maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781442215320 (cloth : alkaline paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DC801.A96 R59 2015
Contents:
Introduction -- Early popes -- Papal monarchy -- Returning to Rome -- Constructing the administration : governance and personnel -- Avignon : capital and its population -- The Great Western Schism and Avignon -- Conclusion.
Summary: "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"--
Item type: Book
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-306) and index.

Introduction -- Early popes -- Papal monarchy -- Returning to Rome -- Constructing the administration : governance and personnel -- Avignon : capital and its population -- The Great Western Schism and Avignon -- Conclusion.

"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"--

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