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On Fri, 27 Jun 1997, AV. Antonovics wrote: > I wonder if the list of "people at Avignon" might be that given in > H.Denifle,"Liber divisionis Cortesianorum et civium Romanae Curiae et > civitatis Avinionis",Archiv fur Literatur und Kirchengeschichte,i > (1885),627-30. This is cited in G.Mollat,The Popes at Avignon, Eglish > transl. (1963),281. > But, as has been already pointed out, there is fuller information > in B.Guillemain's La Cour Pontificale d'Avignon. The Liber divisionis was a register of lay residents of Avignon who were not native citizens, dividing them between cortesani, who were subject to the jurisdiction of the marshall of the Curia, and cives, subject to the Temporal Court of Avignon. The register was recorded in the various parishes of Avignon in the autumn of 1371. Denifle got the date wrong, and so did Guillemain, unfortunately, because the list reflects the floating population of the city at a particular moment. Neither Denifle nor Guillemain transcribed the list. What information was wanted by the original inquirer about persons of Avignon? Daniel Williman Binghamton University %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%