Popes, Bishops, Religious, and Scholars: Studies in Medieval History Presented to Patrick N. R. Zutshi for His Seventieth Birthday

Patrick Zutshi is a leading authority on the later medieval Western Church and papacy and internationally recognised as an expert in papal diplomatic and the Avignon Curia. This volume brings together essays by over twenty of Patrick's colleagues and friends, all distinguished scholars in medieval history, to celebrate his 70th birthday. The volume reflects both Patrick's wide scholarly interests, ranging from the administration of the papal curia to intellectual and legal history and the mendicant orders, and his extensive network of colleagues and collaborators in different countries, including Germany, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, Finland, Australia, USA, and UK. This collection of essays also engages with important themes in later medieval history of wide interest to university students, their teachers, and other researchers in the field, comprising: Mendicants and the Religious Life; University and Intellectual History; Bishops and Secular Clergy; and the Papal Curia between Avignon and Rome. All the essays draw on original research, reflecting Patrick's own research and editing of manuscript and archival sources. Front Matter 1. Francis of Assisi, Matthew Paris and his Two Copies of the Franciscan Rule of 1223. Michael J. P. Robson 2. The Notary, the Sculptor, the Friar and the Doge: Giovanni Dolfin and his Creditors in Mid‐fourteenth‐century Venice. Frances Andrews and Louise Bourdua 3. English Dominicans at Court: Confessors and Healers. Peter Murray Jones 4. Who Were the Nuns of Romsey Abbey in the First Half of the Fourteenth Century? Joan Greatrex 5. The Evolution of the Defence of the Mendicant Orders against Richard FitzRalph of Bartholomew of Bolsenheim, O.P. Michael Haren 6. The Manuscripts of Vacarius’s Liber pauperum. Rodney Thomson 7. John of Turrecremata (Torquemada), Scourge of Heretics, Defender of the Pope and Adversary of Conciliarists: Further Thoughts on his Summa de ecclesia. Joseph Canning 8. ‘Always waiting for the Sea to cease its turmoil?’: Absentees from the Fourth Lateran Council. Brenda Bolton 9. Problems with Progressions: Learning from the Itinerary of Oliver Sutton, Bishop of Lincoln, 1280–1299. Philippa Hoskin 10. Hope or Expectation?: Papal Provision of Poor Clerks in the Diocese of Lincoln, 1320–1347. Nicholas Bennett 11. Legal Theory and Practice: The Proctors of St Augustine’s Canterbury at the Fourteenth-century Papal Curia. Barbara Bombi 12. Ego in aliena patria existens: Immagini e giudizi a confronto fra i cittadini di Roma e gli ultramontani all’origine dello Scisma del 1378. Andreas Rehberg 13. The Honorary Chaplains of Pope Gregory XI. Daniel Williman and Karen Corsano 14. Penitentiaries and Cultural Life in the Thirteenth-century Papal Court. Agostino Paravicini Bagliani 15. Simony, Penitentiary, Conscience. David d’Avray 16. Nikolaus Theoderici de Driel – oder: Wohin eine Supplik führen kann. Ludwig Schmugge 17. Debilis complexio: Christians and Dietary Requirements of Canon Law. Kirsi Salonen 18. Dispensations and Church Courts in Later Medieval England. Peter Clarke Back Matter