The Avignon Papacy Contested: An Intellectual History from Dante to Catherine of Siena

I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History

by Unn Falkeid

Unn Falkeid considers the work of six fourteenth-century writers who waged literary war against the Avignon papacy’s increasing claims of supremacy over secular rulers—a conflict that engaged contemporary critics from every corner of Europe. She illuminates arguments put forth by Dante, Petrarch, William of Ockham, Catherine of Siena, and others.

266 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 21, 2017