Raiding Saint Peter : empty sees, violence, and the initiation of the Great Western Schism (1378)

Publication Data

• Title Raiding Saint Peter : empty sees, violence, and the initiation of the Great Western Schism (1378)
• Author Joëlle Rollo-Koster
• Publisher Brill
• Publication date 2008
• Publication location Leiden
• Language English

Contents

The empty see
Empty see governance and the papal electoral system
The liturgy of the empty see
Looting, charity, and liturgy
The empty see as liminal phenomenon
Looting the empty see : the early chronology
Introducing spolia: the connection with the ancient
Early spoils : historiography
Evidence
Right of spoil
Looting the empty see : the Great Western Schism (1378)
Rome 1378 : quick historiography
Rome 1378 : background
Rome 1378 : "Romanum volumus papam vel omnes moriemini!"
Conclusion : more loot.

Topics

• Catholic Church :: Bishops :: Europe :: Appointment, call, and election :: History :: To 1500
• Schism, The Great Western, 1378-1417
• Violence :: Religious aspects :: Catholic Church :: History :: Middle Ages, 600-1500
• Pillage :: Europe :: History :: To 1500
• Europe :: Religious life and customs
• Europe

Raiding Saint Peter : empty sees, violence, and the initiation of the Great Western Schism (1378) by Joëlle Rollo-Koster. ISBN 9789004165601. Published by Brill in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.