Anglo-Papal Relations in the Early Fourteenth Century: A Study in Medieval Diplomacy
Barbara Bombi
Abstract
This book is concerned with the modes and procedures of Anglo-papal diplomacy in the period 1305–60, when diplomatic affairs between England and the papacy intensified following the transfer of the papal curia to southern France in 1305 and on account of the on-going Anglo-French hostilities, which resulted in the outbreak of the Hundred Years’ War in 1337. On the one hand, the book investigates how diplomatic and administrative practices developed in England and at the papal curia from a comparative perspective, whilst, on the other, it questions the legacy and impact of international and dom ... More
This book is concerned with the modes and procedures of Anglo-papal diplomacy in the period 1305–60, when diplomatic affairs between England and the papacy intensified following the transfer of the papal curia to southern France in 1305 and on account of the on-going Anglo-French hostilities, which resulted in the outbreak of the Hundred Years’ War in 1337. On the one hand, the book investigates how diplomatic and administrative practices developed in England and at the papal curia from a comparative perspective, whilst, on the other, it questions the legacy and impact of international and domestic conflicts on diplomatic and administrative practices. In Part I, the book explores how foreign and diplomatic relations, conducted through both official and unofficial diplomatic communications among polities, prompted the need to adapt and ‘translate’ different traditions in order to forge a ‘shared language of diplomacy’. This was achieved thanks to the adaptation of house styles, formularies, and ceremonial practices, as well as through the contribution of intermediaries and diplomatic agents acquainted with different diplomatic and legal traditions. Part II of the book further assesses the impact of political change and conflict on administrative and diplomatic practices by means of four relevant case studies.
Keywords:
diplomacy,
papacy,
England,
Avignon,
Hundred Years’ War,
administration,
chancery,
bureaucracy,
diplomatic envoys,
conflict
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2019 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780198729150 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2019 |
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780198729150.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Barbara Bombi, author
Professor of Medieval History, School of History, University of Kent, Canterbury
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