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The Life of Peter Thomas by Philippe de Mézières: A Translation of the Vita Sancti Petri Thomasii and Other Material book cover

1st Edition

The Life of Peter Thomas by Philippe de Mézières A Translation of the Vita Sancti Petri Thomasii and Other Material

Edited By Timothy Owens Copyright 2027
224 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Peter Thomas was a successful churchman and crusading papal legate of the fourteenth century who began his career as an impoverished Carmelite friar and ended it as Latin patriarch of Constantinople. The Life of Peter Thomas, a biography written immediately after Peter’s death by a devoted friend, Philippe de Mézières, who is himself an important figure in the history of the crusades, is not only... Read more

List of Abbreviations
Note on Names
Acknowledgements
List of Maps

Introduction

Part One: The Life of Peter Thomas

Book One: The Life
Prologue
Chapter 1: The Carmelite (1305? – 1353)
Chapter 2: Papal Envoy (1353-1358)
Chapter 3: Papal Legate (1359-1362)
Chapter 4: Preparations for the Crusade
Chapter 5: The Crusade of 1365
Chapter 6: Last Illness and Death
Epilogue

Book Two: The Miracles
A Lament by Philippe de Mézières
The Ecclesiastical Process into the Miracles ascribed to Saint Peter Thomas
The Dream of Philippe de Mézières
The Petition for the Canonisation of Peter Thomas by Peter I of Cyprus

Part Two: Additional Translated Material

Bibliography
Index

Biography

Timothy Owens received his doctorate in medieval history from the University of St Andrews, UK, in 2019. His research interests include the history of the crusades, particularly in the later medieval period.

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