TY - BOOK AU - Rollo-Koster,Joƫlle TI - Avignon and its papacy, 1309-1417: Popes, institutions, and society SN - 9781442215320 (cloth : alkaline paper) AV - DC801.A96 R59 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - Lanham PB - Rowman & Littlefield KW - Catholic Church KW - France KW - Avignon KW - History KW - Curia Romana KW - Europe KW - Bishops KW - Appointment, call, and election KW - Schism, The Great Western, 1378-1417 KW - Papacy KW - Avignon (France) KW - 14th century KW - Avignon (Papal city) KW - Population N1 - 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 N2 - "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"-- ER -