Joëlle Rollo-Koster has published widely on the social, cultural, religious, and political history of the late Middle Ages. She is a specialist of the Avignon Papacy and of the Great Western Schism and is a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America. Her most recent publications are Avignon and its Papacy, 1309–1417: Popes, Institutions, and Society (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015); The Great Western Schism, 1378–1417: Performing Legitimacy, Performing Unity (Cambridge University Press, 2022); and, as editor, Death in Medieval Europe: Death Scripted and Death Choreographed (Routledge, 2016). She was knighted Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques in 2016. Robert A. Ventresca has published widely on a diverse range of topics including the papacy in the era of the two world wars and the Holocaust. His book Soldier of Christ: The Life of Pope Pius XII (Harvard University Press, 2013) was awarded the 2014 Harry C. Koenig Prize by the American Catholic Historical Association.  He is a member of the Committee on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. Melodie H. Eichbauer is Professor of Medieval History at Florida Gulf Coast University. Her research focuses on the dissemination of legal knowledge and the interpretation of law, and the ways in which social, political, and intellectual developments and trends shaped both between c.1000 and c.1500. She is the author of Medieval Canon Law, 2nd ed. (an expanded and revised version of the 1st edition by James A. Brundage) (Routledge, 2022); editor of A Cultural History of Genocide, vol. 2, The Middle Ages (Bloomsbury Academic Publishers, 2021); the co-editor, with Danica Summerlin, of The Use of Canon Law in Ecclesiastical Administration, 1000–1250 (Brill, 2018); and the co-editor, with Kenneth Pennington, of Law as Profession and Practice in Medieval Europe: Essays in Honor of James A. Brundage (Ashgate, 2011). Miles Pattenden has published widely on the papacy and the Catholic Church in the Counter-Reformation and Enlightenment. He is the author of Pius IV and the Fall of the Carafa: Nepotism and Papal Authority in Counter-Reformation Rome (Oxford University Press, 2013) and Electing the Pope in Early Modern Italy, 1450–1700 (Oxford University Press, 2017), and is writing a general history of the Catholic Church for Princeton University Press.

'All contributions are knowledgeable and critically written at the highest international level.' Michael Borgolte, Historische Zeitschrift

• General Introduction Joëlle Rollo-Koster, Robert A. Ventresca, Melodie Eichbauer and Miles Pattenden; Part I. The Pope within the Church: 1. Vicar of Christ (c.1050–c.1300) Jessalynn Bird; 2. The Pope, the archdeacon and the clergy: a competition John Moorhead; 3. From papal absolutism to Vatican II Christian Sorrel; 4. Vatican II and its legacy Gilles Routhier; 5. Rekindling collegiality: the Synod of Bishops since Vatican II Massimo Faggioli; Part II. The Roman Curia: 6. Putting the spoke(s) in: curial centrality and local agency in the pre-Reformation church Robert Swanson; 7. The College of Cardinals Miles Pattenden; 8. The secretariat of state Roberto Regoli; 9. The papal penitentiary Peter Clarke; 10. 'Whoever is sent from another': legates as instruments of papal government Kriston Rennie; 11. Inquisition, Holy Office, and the congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Vincenzo Lavenia; 12. Nepotism and Roman micro-policy Wolfgang Reinhard; Part III. Canon Law: 13. The medieval papacy and canon law Kenneth Pennington; 14. Canon law in the early middle ages Greta Austin; 15. Gratian's Decretum: the transmission and fluidity of legal knowledge in the twelfth century Melodie H. Eichbauer; 16. Papal decretals Anne J. Duggan; 17. Papal law in the English church: post-reformation Anglican jurisprudence Norman Doe; 18. The Codes of Canon Law (1917; 1983; 1990) John Beal; 19. The Pope in the two Latin codes (1917 and 1983) – current status and discussion of possible developments Peter Platen; Part IV. Finance: 20. Papal finances in the middle ages Benedict Wiedemann; 21. Papal finances in the early modern period FrancescoGuidi-Bruscoli; Part V. Papal states; 22. Popes and the papal state to 1305 Thomas F. X. Noble; 23. Papal warfare in the fourteenth century Christophe Masson; 24. The Borgias Catherine Fletcher; 25. Popes and the papal states (1500–1800) Irene Fosi; 26. The popes and the government of the papal states, 1800–1870 Christoper Korten

Joëlle Rollo-Koster has published widely on the social, cultural, religious, and political history of the late Middle Ages. She is a specialist of the Avignon Papacy and of the Great Western Schism and is a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America. Her most recent publications are Avignon and its Papacy, 1309–1417: Popes, Institutions, and Society (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015); The Great Western Schism, 1378–1417: Performing Legitimacy, Performing Unity (Cambridge University Press, 2022); and, as editor, Death in Medieval Europe: Death Scripted and Death Choreographed (Routledge, 2016). She was knighted Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques in 2016. Robert A. Ventresca has published widely on a diverse range of topics including the papacy in the era of the two world wars and the Holocaust. His book Soldier of Christ: The Life of Pope Pius XII (Harvard University Press, 2013) was awarded the 2014 Harry C. Koenig Prize by the American Catholic Historical Association.  He is a member of the Committee on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. Melodie H. Eichbauer is Professor of Medieval History at Florida Gulf Coast University. Her research focuses on the dissemination of legal knowledge and the interpretation of law, and the ways in which social, political, and intellectual developments and trends shaped both between c.1000 and c.1500. She is the author of Medieval Canon Law, 2nd ed. (an expanded and revised version of the 1st edition by James A. Brundage) (Routledge, 2022); editor of A Cultural History of Genocide, vol. 2, The Middle Ages (Bloomsbury Academic Publishers, 2021); the co-editor, with Danica Summerlin, of The Use of Canon Law in Ecclesiastical Administration, 1000–1250 (Brill, 2018); and the co-editor, with Kenneth Pennington, of Law as Profession and Practice in Medieval Europe: Essays in Honor of James A. Brundage (Ashgate, 2011). Miles Pattenden has published widely on the papacy and the Catholic Church in the Counter-Reformation and Enlightenment. He is the author of Pius IV and the Fall of the Carafa: Nepotism and Papal Authority in Counter-Reformation Rome (Oxford University Press, 2013) and Electing the Pope in Early Modern Italy, 1450–1700 (Oxford University Press, 2017), and is writing a general history of the Catholic Church for Princeton University Press.

'All contributions are knowledgeable and critically written at the highest international level.' Michael Borgolte, Historische Zeitschrift

• General Introduction Joëlle Rollo-Koster, Robert A. Ventresca, Melodie Eichbauer and Miles Pattenden; Part I. The Pope within the Church: 1. Vicar of Christ (c.1050–c.1300) Jessalynn Bird; 2. The Pope, the archdeacon and the clergy: a competition John Moorhead; 3. From papal absolutism to Vatican II Christian Sorrel; 4. Vatican II and its legacy Gilles Routhier; 5. Rekindling collegiality: the Synod of Bishops since Vatican II Massimo Faggioli; Part II. The Roman Curia: 6. Putting the spoke(s) in: curial centrality and local agency in the pre-Reformation church Robert Swanson; 7. The College of Cardinals Miles Pattenden; 8. The secretariat of state Roberto Regoli; 9. The papal penitentiary Peter Clarke; 10. 'Whoever is sent from another': legates as instruments of papal government Kriston Rennie; 11. Inquisition, Holy Office, and the congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Vincenzo Lavenia; 12. Nepotism and Roman micro-policy Wolfgang Reinhard; Part III. Canon Law: 13. The medieval papacy and canon law Kenneth Pennington; 14. Canon law in the early middle ages Greta Austin; 15. Gratian's Decretum: the transmission and fluidity of legal knowledge in the twelfth century Melodie H. Eichbauer; 16. Papal decretals Anne J. Duggan; 17. Papal law in the English church: post-reformation Anglican jurisprudence Norman Doe; 18. The Codes of Canon Law (1917; 1983; 1990) John Beal; 19. The Pope in the two Latin codes (1917 and 1983) – current status and discussion of possible developments Peter Platen; Part IV. Finance: 20. Papal finances in the middle ages Benedict Wiedemann; 21. Papal finances in the early modern period FrancescoGuidi-Bruscoli; Part V. Papal states; 22. Popes and the papal state to 1305 Thomas F. X. Noble; 23. Papal warfare in the fourteenth century Christophe Masson; 24. The Borgias Catherine Fletcher; 25. Popes and the papal states (1500–1800) Irene Fosi; 26. The popes and the government of the papal states, 1800–1870 Christoper Korten

Joëlle Rollo-Koster has published widely on the social, cultural, religious, and political history of the late Middle Ages. She is a specialist of the Avignon Papacy and of the Great Western Schism and is a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America. Her most recent publications are Avignon and its Papacy, 1309–1417: Popes, Institutions, and Society (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015); The Great Western Schism, 1378–1417: Performing Legitimacy, Performing Unity (Cambridge University Press, 2022); and, as editor, Death in Medieval Europe: Death Scripted and Death Choreographed (Routledge, 2016). She was knighted Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques in 2016. Robert A. Ventresca has published widely on a diverse range of topics including the papacy in the era of the two world wars and the Holocaust. His book Soldier of Christ: The Life of Pope Pius XII (Harvard University Press, 2013) was awarded the 2014 Harry C. Koenig Prize by the American Catholic Historical Association.  He is a member of the Committee on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. Melodie H. Eichbauer is Professor of Medieval History at Florida Gulf Coast University. Her research focuses on the dissemination of legal knowledge and the interpretation of law, and the ways in which social, political, and intellectual developments and trends shaped both between c.1000 and c.1500. She is the author of Medieval Canon Law, 2nd ed. (an expanded and revised version of the 1st edition by James A. Brundage) (Routledge, 2022); editor of A Cultural History of Genocide, vol. 2, The Middle Ages (Bloomsbury Academic Publishers, 2021); the co-editor, with Danica Summerlin, of The Use of Canon Law in Ecclesiastical Administration, 1000–1250 (Brill, 2018); and the co-editor, with Kenneth Pennington, of Law as Profession and Practice in Medieval Europe: Essays in Honor of James A. Brundage (Ashgate, 2011). Miles Pattenden has published widely on the papacy and the Catholic Church in the Counter-Reformation and Enlightenment. He is the author of Pius IV and the Fall of the Carafa: Nepotism and Papal Authority in Counter-Reformation Rome (Oxford University Press, 2013) and Electing the Pope in Early Modern Italy, 1450–1700 (Oxford University Press, 2017), and is writing a general history of the Catholic Church for Princeton University Press.

'All contributions are knowledgeable and critically written at the highest international level.' Michael Borgolte, Historische Zeitschrift

• General Introduction Joëlle Rollo-Koster, Robert A. Ventresca, Melodie Eichbauer and Miles Pattenden; Part I. The Pope within the Church: 1. Vicar of Christ (c.1050–c.1300) Jessalynn Bird; 2. The Pope, the archdeacon and the clergy: a competition John Moorhead; 3. From papal absolutism to Vatican II Christian Sorrel; 4. Vatican II and its legacy Gilles Routhier; 5. Rekindling collegiality: the Synod of Bishops since Vatican II Massimo Faggioli; Part II. The Roman Curia: 6. Putting the spoke(s) in: curial centrality and local agency in the pre-Reformation church Robert Swanson; 7. The College of Cardinals Miles Pattenden; 8. The secretariat of state Roberto Regoli; 9. The papal penitentiary Peter Clarke; 10. 'Whoever is sent from another': legates as instruments of papal government Kriston Rennie; 11. Inquisition, Holy Office, and the congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Vincenzo Lavenia; 12. Nepotism and Roman micro-policy Wolfgang Reinhard; Part III. Canon Law: 13. The medieval papacy and canon law Kenneth Pennington; 14. Canon law in the early middle ages Greta Austin; 15. Gratian's Decretum: the transmission and fluidity of legal knowledge in the twelfth century Melodie H. Eichbauer; 16. Papal decretals Anne J. Duggan; 17. Papal law in the English church: post-reformation Anglican jurisprudence Norman Doe; 18. The Codes of Canon Law (1917; 1983; 1990) John Beal; 19. The Pope in the two Latin codes (1917 and 1983) – current status and discussion of possible developments Peter Platen; Part IV. Finance: 20. Papal finances in the middle ages Benedict Wiedemann; 21. Papal finances in the early modern period FrancescoGuidi-Bruscoli; Part V. Papal states; 22. Popes and the papal state to 1305 Thomas F. X. Noble; 23. Papal warfare in the fourteenth century Christophe Masson; 24. The Borgias Catherine Fletcher; 25. Popes and the papal states (1500–1800) Irene Fosi; 26. The popes and the government of the papal states, 1800–1870 Christoper Korten