IMC 2022: Sessions

Session 628: The Medieval Papacy, c. 500-1500, II: The Struggle for Right Order in the World - Popes, Antipopes, Clergy, and Power

Organisers:	Benedict Wiedemann, Department of History, University College London / Institute of Historical Research, University of London Agata Zielinska, Department of History, University College London
Moderator/Chair:	Enrico Veneziani, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews
Paper 628-a	The Papal Provinciale (Language: English) Benedict Wiedemann, Department of History, University College London / Institute of Historical Research, University of London Index terms: Administration, Ecclesiastical History, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 628-b	The Papacy and Clerics in Minor Orders (Language: English) David L. D'Avray, Department of History, University College London Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 628-c	Trying too Hard?: Medieval 'Anti-Popes' and the Rhetoric of Schism (Language: English) Rebecca A. C. Rist, Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Reading Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History, Politics and Diplomacy
Abstract	This panel investigates the various struggles for power that the papacy was involved in throughout the Middle Ages. Paper 1 traces the use of the Roman Provincial in papal politics on an European scale. Paper 2 explores the dynamics of the relations between the papal curia and clerics in minor orders. Finally, Paper 3 investigates the rhetoric of schism used by popes and anti-popes.