Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-230) and index.

Preliminary Material / B.R. Beattie -- Chapter One. Italy And Avignon, 1305–1325 / B.R. Beattie -- Chapter Two. Mccxxv / B.R. Beattie -- Chapter Three. Cardinal Giovanni Gaetano Orsini And His Family / B.R. Beattie -- Chapter Four. Legatus A Latere / B.R. Beattie -- Chapter Five. Legatus Tuscie / B.R. Beattie -- Chapter Six. From Tuscany To The Patrimony, 1328/1329 / B.R. Beattie -- Chapter Seven. Capitaneus Urbis / B.R. Beattie -- Chapter Eight. Legatine Administration And Reform / B.R. Beattie -- Chapter Nine. The Failure Of A Legation / B.R. Beattie -- Appendix A. General Mandate Of The Legation / B.R. Beattie -- Appendix B. Subsidiary Powers / B.R. Beattie -- Appendix C. Familiares Of Cardinal Giovanni Gaetano / B.R. Beattie -- Appendix D. Benefices Of Giovanni Gaetano Orsini / B.R. Beattie -- Bibliography / B.R. Beattie -- Index / B.R. Beattie.

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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.