The Avignon papacy contested: an intellectual history from Dante to Catherine of Siena
The Avignon papacy (1309-1377) represents the zenith of papal power in Europe. Over the approximately seven decades during which the pope and his curia sojourned in Southern France, the Church was subjected to an ambitious process of centralization. The institutional bureaucracy swelled out, and the...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England
Harvard University Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Falkeid, Unn, 1966-, The Avignon papacy contested], in: ARR : idéhistorisk tidsskrift, ISSN 0802-7005, ZDB-ID 1223101-0 Bd. 30, Heft 1 (2018), Seite 105-107 (2018) (Aavitsland, Kristin B.) |
| Series/Journal: | I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Catholic church
/ Pope
/ Power structure
/ Church criticism
/ Avignon exile
/ Church history studies 1309-1377
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| IxTheo Classification: | NBN Ecclesiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Europe
Intellectual life
B Catholic Church Public opinion History To 1500 B Popes Temporal power B Papacy History 1309-1378 |
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| Summary: | The Avignon papacy (1309-1377) represents the zenith of papal power in Europe. Over the approximately seven decades during which the pope and his curia sojourned in Southern France, the Church was subjected to an ambitious process of centralization. The institutional bureaucracy swelled out, and the Avignonese popes exercised their power more straightforwardly than ever before. However, the pope's claimed supremacy over secular rulers roused bitter resistance in various groups of people. What may be labelled as a literary war broke out, which engaged a series of critics and intellectuals from different traditions and cultures, and from every corner of Europe. The Avignon Papacy Contested explores how six of the most authoritative voices in the fourteenth century responded to the Avignon papacy: Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Marsilius of Padua (1275-1342), William of Ockham (1287-1347), Francis Petrarch (1304-1374), Birgitta of Sweden (1303-1373), and Catherine of Siena (1347-1380). Two of these six great thinkers were branded heretics (Marsilius and Ockham), two were later canonized (Birgitta and Catherine), and two became leading models for future generations of humanists (Dante and Petrarch). What they all had in common was an intense critique of the waxing secular power of the Avignon papacy.-- The eagle's flight: Dante's Paradiso VI and the Monarchia -- Marsilius of Padua and the question of legitimacy -- Individual freedom in William of Ockham's Breviloquium -- Petrarch, Cola di Rienzo, and the Battle of Rome -- The prophetic widow: Birgitta of Sweden and the Celestial Revelaciones -- Catherine of Siena and the Mystical Body of the Church |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-258) and index |
| ISBN: | 0674971841 |