| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 245 pages) : maps |
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The medieval Mediterranean ; v. 67 |
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Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 67
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| Contents |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE ITALY AND AVIGNON, 1305-1325; CHAPTER TWO MCCXXV; CHAPTER THREE CARDINAL GIOVANNI GAETANO ORSINI AND HIS FAMILY; CHAPTER FOUR LEGATUS A LATERE; CHAPTER FIVE LEGATUS TUSCIE; CHAPTER SIX FROM TUSCANY TO THE PATRIMONY, 1328/1329; CHAPTER SEVEN CAPITANEUS URBIS; CHAPTER EIGHT LEGATINE ADMINISTRATION AND REFORM; CHAPTER NINE THE FAILURE OF A LEGATION; APPENDIX A GENERAL MANDATE OF THE LEGATION; APPENDIX B SUBSIDIARY POWERS; APPENDIX C FAMILIARES OF CARDINAL GIOVANNI GAETANO; APPENDIX D BENEFICES OF GIOVANNI GAETANO ORSINI; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
Explores the legation of Cardinal Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, who served as Pope John XXII's legatus a latere to central Italy from 1326 to 1334. This book also examines Avignonese papal policy in Italy and the peculiar circumstances that necessitated Orsini's legation, as well as the reasons underlying the ultimate failure of his mission |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-230) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Orsini, Giovanni Gaetano, active 14th century.
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Catholic Church -- Foreign relations -- France.
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Cardinals -- Biography.
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Papal legates -- France.
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France -- Church history.
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France -- Foreign relations -- Catholic Church.
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Italy -- Church history.
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| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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Church history.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9047411005 (electronic bk.) |
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9789047411000 (electronic bk.) |
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(hardback ; alk. paper) |
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(hardback ; alk. paper) |
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