Angelus Pacis: The Legation of Cardinal Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, 1326-1334 (Medieval Mediterranean)

This volume examines a largely overlooked Avignonese legation to Tuscany and the Papal States, and assesses its impact on Avignonese papal policy in Italy. CONTENTS......Page 8 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 10 INTRODUCTION......Page 12 CHAPTER ONE ITALY AND AVIGNON, 1305–1325......Page 28 CHAPTER TWO MCCXXV......Page 50 CHAPTER THREE CARDINAL GIOVANNI GAETANO ORSINI AND HIS FAMILY......Page 68 CHAPTER FOUR LEGATUS A LATERE......Page 92 CHAPTER FIVE LEGATUS TUSCIE......Page 116 CHAPTER SIX FROM TUSCANY TO THE PATRIMONY, 1328/1329......Page 138 CHAPTER SEVEN CAPITANEUS URBIS......Page 160 CHAPTER EIGHT LEGATINE ADMINISTRATION AND REFORM......Page 182 CHAPTER NINE THE FAILURE OF A LEGATION......Page 206 APPENDIX A GENERAL MANDATE OF THE LEGATION......Page 230 APPENDIX B SUBSIDIARY POWERS......Page 234 APPENDIX C FAMILIARES OF CARDINAL GIOVANNI GAETANO......Page 240 APPENDIX D BENEFICES OF GIOVANNI GAETANO ORSINI......Page 244 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 248 INDEX......Page 258 "Angelus Pacis explores the largely over-looked legation of Cardinal Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, who served as Pope John XXII's legatus a latere to central Italy from 1326 to 1334. Orsini's appointment constituted a break from the Avignon papacy's traditional reliance on Gallic agents in Italy - a fact which contributed significantly to both the successes and the failures of his legation. The book examines Avignonese papal policy in Italy and the peculiar circumstances that necessitated Orsini's legation; Orsini's powerful Roman family; the nature of the legatine power he wielded; his campaigns in Tuscany and the Papal States; his provocative signoria in Rome; his reform initiatives; and the reasons underlying the ultimate failure of his mission."--Jacket By Blake R. Beattie. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [221]-230) And Index.