Pope Benedict XII (1334–1342): The Guardian of Orthodoxy

doi:10.1017/9789048538140

Pope Benedict XII (1334–1342)

The Guardian of Orthodoxy

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Edited by Irene Bueno

Publisher:: Amsterdam University Press
Online publication date:: December 2020
Print publication year:: 2018
Online ISBN:: 9789048538140
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048538140

Subjects:: Regional and World History: General Interest, History, Regional History after 1500

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This book offers a unique overview on the career and work on Benedict XII, the third pope of Avignon. Benedict XII (ca. 1334–1342) was a key figure of the Avignon papal court, renowned for rooting out heretics and distinguishing himself as a refined theologian. During his reign, he faced the most significant religious and political challenges in the era of the Avignon papacy: theological quarrels, divisions and schisms within the Church, conflicts between European sovereigns, and the growth of Turkish power in the East. In spite of its diminished political influence, the papacy, which had recently moved to France, emerged as an institution committed to the defense and expansion of the Catholic faith in Europe and the East. Benedict made significant contributions to the definition of doctrine, the assessment of pontifical power in Western Europe, and the expansion of Catholicism in the East: in all these different contexts he distinguished himself as a true guardian of orthodoxy.

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The Guardian of Orthodoxy

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Frontmatter
pp 1-4

Contents
pp 5-6

Abbreviations
pp 7-10

List of Illustrations
pp 11-12

Introduction: Benedict XII, the Guardian of Orthodoxy
pp 13-26

1 - Jacques Fournier and Thirteenth-Century Inquisitorial Methods
pp 27-56

2 - Recovering a Theological Advice by Jacques Fournier
pp 57-80

3 - Benedict XII and the Beatific Vision
pp 81-106

4 - A New Seat for the Papacy: Benedict XII, Avignon, and the Comtat Venaissin
pp 107-130

5 - In the Footsteps of St Peter: New Light on the Half-Length Images of Benedict XII by Paolo da Siena and Boniface VIII by Arnolfo di Cambio in Old St Peter’s
pp 131-166

6 - Benedict XII and Italy: Restoring Orthodoxy and Consolidating Papal Sovereignty after John XXII
pp 167-190

7 - Benedict XII and the Outbreak of the Hundred Years’ War
pp 191-216

8 - Benedict XII and the Crusades
pp 217-240

9 - Benedict XII and the Partes Orientis
pp 241-268

Index of Names
pp 269-276

Index of Subjects
pp 277-277

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