The Great Western Schism, 1378-1417

Performing Legitimacy, Performing Unity

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

The Great Schism divided Western Christianity between 1378 and 1417. Two popes and their courts occupied the see of St. Peter, one in Rome, and one in Avignon. Traditionally, this event has received attention from scholars of institutional history. In this book, by contrast, Joëlle Rollo-Koster investigates the event through the prism of social drama. Marshalling liturgical, cultural, artistic, literary and archival evidence, she explores the four phases of the Schism: the breach after the 1378 election, the subsequent division of the Church, redressive actions, and reintegration of the papacy in a single pope. Investigating how popes legitimized their respective positions and the reception of these efforts, Rollo-Koster shows how the Schism influenced political thought, how unity was achieved, and how the two capitals, Rome and Avignon, responded to events. Rollo-Koster's approach humanizes the Schism, enabling us to understand the event as it was experienced by contemporaries.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-04-14
Mått:183 x 260 x 27 mm
Vikt:910 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:420
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781107168947

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Joëlle Rollo-Koster is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Rhode Island. A scholar of the Avignon papacy, she is the author of Avignon and its Papacy, 1309–1417: Popes, Institutions, and Society and Raiding Saint Peter. In 2016, she was made Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques.

Recensioner i media

'… the book … makes a real contribution to analyses of the schism, and cannot be ignored. Moreover, its approach, arguments and use of evidence should stimulate broader reflection on how far 'the Great Schism' can justifiably be treated as a distinct and coherent segment of late medieval ecclesiastical history. It also raises important questions about the role of theory in historical analyses.' Robert Swanson, Sehepunkte

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; 1. The Great Western Schism: a social drama; 2. Performing the papacy, performing the Schism; 3. Image and responses: Antonio Baldana's de magno Schismate, Ulrich Richenthal's Chronicle, and The Apocalypse Tapestry of Angers; 4. Conflicting legitimacy: the Schism and the rhetoric of tyrannicide; 5. Finding unity in liturgy: papal funerals and the political theology of the pope's one body; 6. Rome during the Schism; 7. Avignon during the Schism; Conclusion.