Angelus pacis : the legation of Cardinal Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, 1326-1334 / / by Blake R. Beattie.

• Superior document: The medieval Mediterranean, v. 67
• Author: Beattie, Blake R.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 67.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (275 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Chapter One. Italy And Avignon, 1305–1325 /; Chapter Two. Mccxxv /; Chapter Three. Cardinal Giovanni Gaetano Orsini And His Family /; Chapter Four. Legatus A Latere /; Chapter Five. Legatus Tuscie /; Chapter Six. From Tuscany To The Patrimony, 1328/1329 /; Chapter Seven. Capitaneus Urbis /; Chapter Eight. Legatine Administration And Reform /; Chapter Nine. The Failure Of A Legation /; Appendix A. General Mandate Of The Legation /; Appendix B. Subsidiary Powers /; Appendix C. Familiares Of Cardinal Giovanni Gaetano /; Appendix D. Benefices Of Giovanni Gaetano Orsini /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-230) and index.
• ISBN: 1281400629; 9786611400620; 9047411005
• ISSN: 0928-5520
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Blake R. Beattie.

Angelus Pacis explores the largely overlooked legation of Cardinal Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, who served as Pope John XXII’s legatus a latere to central Italy from 1326 to 1334. Orsini's appointment constituted a break from the Avignon papacy's traditional reliance on Gallic agents in Italy — a fact which contributed significantly to both the successes and the failures of his legation. The book examines Avignonese papal policy in Italy and the peculiar circumstances that necessitated Orsini's legation; Orsini's powerful Roman family; the nature of the legatine power he wielded; his campaigns in Tuscany and the Papal States; his provocative signoria in Rome; his reform initiatives; and the reasons underlying the ultimate failure of his mission.