Joëlle Rollo-Koster, Ph.D. (1992) in History, State University of New York at Binghamton, is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Rhode Island. She has published extensively on papal Avignon.

"[...] the book presents a careful, engaging, and often brilliant presentation of both traditions and specific events". Alison Williams Lewin, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 62, No. 1 (Spring 2009), pp. 197-198. "This is a study rich in detail that deals with fascinating episodes in the history of the church. It offers many detailed and convincing readings of important sources and is successful in both surveying vast amounts of material stretching over many centuries and zeroing in on the origins of the Great Schism as one crucial part of the great complex of ideas tied to ritual looting and pillaging". Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, University of Pittsburgh. In: The Medieval Review, 08.12.06. “Rollo-Koster’s study is undeniably exhaustive and fascinating”. Natacha-Ingrid Tinteroff, University of Paris II, Panthéon-Assas. In: The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 96, No. 2 (April 2010).

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. The Empty Seea. Empty See Governance and the Papal Electoral Systemb. The Liturgy of the Empty Seec. Looting, Charity, and Liturgy2. The Empty See as Liminal Phenomenon3. Looting the Empty See: The Early Chronology a. Introducing Spolia: The Connection with the Ancientb. Early Spoils: Historiographyc. Evidenced. Right of Spoil4. Looting the Empty See: The Great Western Schism (1378)a. Rome 1378: Quick Historiographyb. Rome 1378: Backgroundc. Rome 1378: “Romanum Volumus Papam Vel Omnes Moriemini!”Conclusion: More LootWorks Cited and BibliographyIndex

Joëlle Rollo-Koster, Ph.D. (1992) in History, State University of New York at Binghamton, is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Rhode Island. She has published extensively on papal Avignon.

"[...] the book presents a careful, engaging, and often brilliant presentation of both traditions and specific events". Alison Williams Lewin, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 62, No. 1 (Spring 2009), pp. 197-198. "This is a study rich in detail that deals with fascinating episodes in the history of the church. It offers many detailed and convincing readings of important sources and is successful in both surveying vast amounts of material stretching over many centuries and zeroing in on the origins of the Great Schism as one crucial part of the great complex of ideas tied to ritual looting and pillaging". Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, University of Pittsburgh. In: The Medieval Review, 08.12.06. “Rollo-Koster’s study is undeniably exhaustive and fascinating”. Natacha-Ingrid Tinteroff, University of Paris II, Panthéon-Assas. In: The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 96, No. 2 (April 2010).

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. The Empty Seea. Empty See Governance and the Papal Electoral Systemb. The Liturgy of the Empty Seec. Looting, Charity, and Liturgy2. The Empty See as Liminal Phenomenon3. Looting the Empty See: The Early Chronology a. Introducing Spolia: The Connection with the Ancientb. Early Spoils: Historiographyc. Evidenced. Right of Spoil4. Looting the Empty See: The Great Western Schism (1378)a. Rome 1378: Quick Historiographyb. Rome 1378: Backgroundc. Rome 1378: “Romanum Volumus Papam Vel Omnes Moriemini!”Conclusion: More LootWorks Cited and BibliographyIndex

Joëlle Rollo-Koster, Ph.D. (1992) in History, State University of New York at Binghamton, is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Rhode Island. She has published extensively on papal Avignon.

"[...] the book presents a careful, engaging, and often brilliant presentation of both traditions and specific events". Alison Williams Lewin, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 62, No. 1 (Spring 2009), pp. 197-198. "This is a study rich in detail that deals with fascinating episodes in the history of the church. It offers many detailed and convincing readings of important sources and is successful in both surveying vast amounts of material stretching over many centuries and zeroing in on the origins of the Great Schism as one crucial part of the great complex of ideas tied to ritual looting and pillaging". Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, University of Pittsburgh. In: The Medieval Review, 08.12.06. “Rollo-Koster’s study is undeniably exhaustive and fascinating”. Natacha-Ingrid Tinteroff, University of Paris II, Panthéon-Assas. In: The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 96, No. 2 (April 2010).

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. The Empty Seea. Empty See Governance and the Papal Electoral Systemb. The Liturgy of the Empty Seec. Looting, Charity, and Liturgy2. The Empty See as Liminal Phenomenon3. Looting the Empty See: The Early Chronology a. Introducing Spolia: The Connection with the Ancientb. Early Spoils: Historiographyc. Evidenced. Right of Spoil4. Looting the Empty See: The Great Western Schism (1378)a. Rome 1378: Quick Historiographyb. Rome 1378: Backgroundc. Rome 1378: “Romanum Volumus Papam Vel Omnes Moriemini!”Conclusion: More LootWorks Cited and BibliographyIndex