Avignon and Its Papacy, 1309-1417 (eBook)

Joëlle Rollo-Koster is professor of medieval history at the University of Rhode Island and author of Raiding Saint Peter: Empty Sees, Violence, and the Initiation of the Great Western Schism and The People of Curial Avignon: A Critical Edition of the Liber Divisionis and the Matriculae of Notre Dame la Majour. She has been named a Chevalier of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques in recognition of her outstanding academic research in French history.

Author’s Note Maps IntroductionNotes Chapter One: Early Popes –Before Clement: Boniface VIII, Philip the Fair, and Rome –Clement V: French Puppet or Able Diplomat? –The Past Catching Up: Boniface and the Templars –Why Not Return to Rome? –Centralization: John XXII –Satanic Beginnings –The Franciscan Poverty Debate and Its European Implication –Beatific Vision –Monasticization: Benedict XII –Staying in Avignon–Notes Chapter Two: Papal Monarchy –How to Be Pope: The Papal Monarchy of Clement VI –Clement VI and Rome: Cola di Rienzo –Clement VI and Joanna of Naples –Clement VI and Italy: Milan and Louis of Bavaria –Clement VI: Arbiter of the Hundred Years’ War –The Arrival of the Black Death –Clement VI: The Humanist –Lawyer and Conqueror: Innocent VI –The Lands of St. Peter –The Hundred Years’ War: Poitiers and Its Aftermath –The Free Companies in Provence –Holy Roman Empire–Notes Chapter Three: Returning to Rome –Urban V –A Fastidious Man –How to Eliminate the Free Companies –The Emperor’s Visit –The Castilian Situation –Returning to Rome –The Last of the Avignon Popes: Gregory XI –Florence and the Pope: Toward the Break –Florence and the Pope at War –The Interdict –Returning to Rome–Notes Chapter Four: Constructing the Administration: Governance and–Personnel 149–Governance and Finance: Avignon –Apostolic Chamber –Chancery –Penitentiary and Rota –The Pope’s Household –The Administration’s Mark on Avignon –Cardinals–Notes Chapter Five: Avignon: The Capital and Its Population –Avignon’s Governance and Administration –Citizens and Courtiers –Avignon’s Urban Landscape –Avignon’s Parishes and Their Social Topography –To Live in a Medieval Capital City –Notes Chapter Six: The Great Western Schism and Avignon –Why a Schism –The Early Years –Continuation –Toward a Solution –Effects and Results–Notes ConclusionNotes Additional Bibliography –1: Early Popes –2: Papal Monarchy –3: Returning to Rome –4: Constructing the Administration –5: Avignon: The Capital and Its Population –6: The Great Western Schism and Avignon