1st Edition
Pope Benedict XII (1334-1342) The Guardian of Orthodoxy
Edited By Irene Bueno
Copyright 2018
278 Pages
by
Routledge
278 Pages
by
Routledge
278 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book offers a unique overview on the career and work on Benedict XII, the third pope of Avignon. Benedict XII (ca. 1334-1342) was a key figure of the Avignon papal court, renowned for rooting out heretics and distinguishing himself as a refined theologian. During his reign, he faced the most significant religious and political challenges in the era of the Avignon papacy: theological quarrels,... Read more
Introduction. Benedict XII, The Guardian of Orthodoxy Irene Bueno. 1. Jacques Fournier and Thirteenth?Century Inquisitorial Methods Elizabeth Sherman 2. Recovering a Theological Advice by Jacques Fournier Sylvain Piron 3. Benedict XII and the Beatific Vision Christian Trottmann 4. A New Seat for the Papacy: Benedict XII, Avignon and the Comtat Venaissin Valérie Theis 5. In the Footsteps of St Peter: New Light on the Half-length Images of Benedict XII by Paolo da Siena and Boniface VIII by Arnolfo di Cambio in Old St Peter's Claudia Bolgia 6. Benedict XII and Italy. Restoring and Consolidating Papal Sovereignty after John XXII Sylvain Parent 7. Benedict XII and the Outbreak of the Hundred Years' War Barbara Bombi 8. Benedict XII and the Crusades Mike Carr 9. Benedict XII and the partes Orientis Irene Bueno
Biography
Irene Bueno is Lecturer at the University of Bologna. She is author of Defining Heresy and editor of The Papacy and the Christian East.
