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The Papal Curia and the Religious Orders during the Great Western Schism




AuthorsVälimäki, Reima; Salonen, Kirsi; Karhu, Juuso

EditorsRäsänen, Marika; Salonen, Kirsi

Publication year2025

Book title Religious communities in Rome during the Great Western Schism

Series titleCollection de l'École française de Rome

Number in series626

First page 77

Last page114

ISBN978-2-7283-1852-0

eISBN978-2-7283-1853-7

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Web address https://books.openedition.org/efr/66289


Abstract

The article studies the religious orders and their members in the Roman obedience of the Great Western Schism. The primary data of the analysis are the papal copybooks of the first years of Boniface IX’s papacy. Social Network Analysis is used to explore the network of executors of papal appointment letters and the involvement of the monastic and mendicant orders in this network. The article demonstrates that especially among the executors, the prominence of the members of traditional monastic orders, above all the Benedictines and Cistercians, is striking, which shows the continuous relevance and power of these orders. There are also indications that monastic executors could play an important role in contested regions, as we demonstrate with the example from the diocese of Liège. Some abbots had personal connections to curia, which explains their prominence as executors.


Funding information in the publication
Academy of Finland, grant no. 321803


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