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The Popes of Avignon
Edwin Mullins
其他書名
A Century in Exile
出版BlueBridge, 2011-02
主題History / Europe / MedievalReligion / Christianity / CatholicReligion / Christianity / HistoryReligion / History
ISBN19333463299781933346328
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=HrQlSQAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Like the finest medieval tapestry, this narrative history masterfully weaves together the sweeping events surrounding what has become known as the "Babylonian captivity" of the popes into the broader story of 14th-century Europe-one of the most turbulent times in the continent's history. It was a time of fear, ferocity, and religious agony, which saw the suppression of the Knights Templar and the Cathars, the first onslaught of the plague, and the beginning of the Hundred Years' War. The century also produced some of the greatest writers and artists in the western tradition, including Giotto, Boccaccio, Petrarch, and Chaucer. Central to this period was the movement of the papal seat from Rome to Avignon in the south of France, where seven successive popes held power from 1309-1377. The drama, intrigue, and tumult associated with the papacy in exile forms the perfect lens through which to clearly see a Europe making the transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.