Author:
Rollo-Koster, Joëlle.
Imprint:Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
Descriptionxiv, 314 pages : map ; 24 cm
Note:Introduction -- Early popes -- Papal monarchy -- Returning to Rome -- Constructing the administration : governance and personnel -- Avignon : capital and its population -- The Great Western Schism and Avignon -- Conclusion.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"Through a blend of political and social history, the author tells the tale of the transplanted papacy in Avignon, bringing to life the fourteenth-century capital of Christianity"-- Provided by publisher.