| Angelus Pacis: The Legation of Cardinal Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, 1326-1334 Contributor(s): Beattie (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004153934 ISBN-13: 9789004153936 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $169.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: This volume examines a largely overlooked Avignonese legation to Tuscany and the Papal States, and assesses its impact on Avignonese papal policy in Italy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Religion | Christianity - Catholic |
| Dewey: 282.450 |
| LCCN: 2006049029 |
| Series: Medieval Mediterranean: Peoples, Economies and Cultures, 400-1500 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.56" W x 9.72" (1.41 lbs) 245 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Angelus Pacis explores the largely overlooked legation of Cardinal Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, who served as Pope John XXII's legatus a latere to central Italy from 1326 to 1334. Orsini's appointment constituted a break from the Avignon papacy's traditional reliance on Gallic agents in Italy -- a fact which contributed significantly to both the successes and the failures of his legation. The book examines Avignonese papal policy in Italy and the peculiar circumstances that necessitated Orsini's legation; Orsini's powerful Roman family; the nature of the legatine power he wielded; his campaigns in Tuscany and the Papal States; his provocative signoria in Rome; his reform initiatives; and the reasons underlying the ultimate failure of his mission. |