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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797416603321

Autore

Rollo-Koster Joëlle

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4422-1534-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Collana

Critical Issues in World and International History

Disciplina

262/.1309023

Soggetti

Schism, The Great Western, 1378-1417

Papacy - History

Avignon (France) History 14th century

Avignon (Papal city) History 14th century

Avignon (France) Population History

Avignon (Papal city) Population History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--