Raiding Saint Peter [electronic resource] : empty sees, violence, and the initiation of the Great Western Schism (1378) / by Joelle Rollo-Koster.
Material type: TextSeries: Brill's series in church history ; d. 32.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston [Mass.] : Brill, c2008Description: 265 pISBN: 9789047433118 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Catholic Church -- Europe -- Bishops -- 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 customsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 282.09/023 LOC classification: BX1301 | .R65 2008Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references (p. [243]-256) and index.
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.
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