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Angelus pacis : the legation of Cardinal Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, 1326-1334

Explores the legation of Cardinal Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, who served as Pope John XXII's legatus a latere to central Italy from 1326 to 1334. This book also examines Avignonese papal policy in Italy and the peculiar circumstances that necessitated Orsini's legation, as well as the reasons underlying the ultimate failure of his mission

eBook, English, 2007
Brill, Leiden, 2007