Raiding Saint Peter : empty sees, violence, and the initiation of the Great Western Schism (1378)

Raiding Saint Peter : empty sees, violence, and the initiation of the Great Western Schism (1378) / by Joëlle Rollo-Koster.

Throughout the European Middle Ages, the death of high-ranking prelates was usually interwoven with violent practices. During Empty Sees, mobs ransacked bishops' and popes' properties to loot their movable goods.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rollo-Koster, Joëlle
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2008.
Series:	Brill's series in church history ; v. 32.
Subjects:	Catholic Church > Europe > Bishops > Appointment, call, and election > History > To 1500. Catholic Church To 1500 Kirchengeschichte 1378. Schism, The Great Western, 1378-1417. Violence > Religious aspects > Catholic Church > History > To 1500. Pillage > Europe > History > To 1500. RELIGION > Christianity > Catholic. Bishops > Appointment, call, and election Pillage Violence > Religious aspects > Catholic Church Abendländisches Schisma Gewalttätigkeit Papstwahl Sedisvakanz Europe > Religious life and customs. Europe History
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Summary:	Throughout the European Middle Ages, the death of high-ranking prelates was usually interwoven with violent practices. During Empty Sees, mobs ransacked bishops' and popes' properties to loot their movable goods.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (265 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-256) and index.
ISBN:	9789047433118 9047433114 1283060736 9781283060738
ISSN:	1572-4107 ;
Source of Description, Etc. Note:	Print version record.