The papal chapel 1288-1303 : a study in institutional and cultural change
This project is a study of the structure and personnel of the papal chapel, and the administrative, governmental, legal and cultural activities of papal chaplains in the period 1288â1304. It is based on a new repertory of the collective biographies of papal chaplains compiled for this project, and comprises detailed analysis of this biographical repertory and of information on papal chaplains from the papal curiaâs administrative and financial sources, new research concerning papal chaplainsâ function in cardinalsâ wills and as testators themselves, a comparison of the papal chapel with its contemporary counterpart at the English royal court â the chapel royal â and discussion of papal chaplainsâ cultural activities and their role in the production of a curial court culture. It combines two broad approaches. On the one hand, it aims to clarify the administrative and economic structure of the papal chapel and establish the collective biographies of the papal chaplains themselves in the period 1288â1304. On the other, it uses this constitutional, economic and socio-demographic analysis as context for comparison with the English chapel royal and for discussion of the papal chapelâs cultural
Ross, M. D.
The papal chapel 1288-1303 : a study in institutional and cultural change. This project is a study of the structure and personnel of the papal chapel, and the administrative, governmental, legal and cultural activities of papal chaplains in the period 1288â1304. It is based on a new repertory of the collective biographies of papal chaplains compiled for this project, and comprises detailed analysis of this biographical repertory and of information on papal chaplains from the papal curiaâs administrative and financial sources, new research concerning papal chaplainsâ function in cardinalsâ wills and as testators themselves, a comparison of the papal chapel with its contemporary counterpart at the English royal court â the chapel royal â and discussion of papal chaplainsâ cultural activities and their role in the production of a curial court culture. It combines two broad approaches. On the one hand, it aims to clarify the administrative and economic structure of the papal chapel and establish the collective biographies of the papal chaplains themselves in the period 1288â1304. On the other, it uses this constitutional, economic and socio-demographic analysis as context for comparison with the English chapel royal and for discussion of the papal chapelâs cultural
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