medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Sun, 25 Aug 2002, Cecilia Gaposchkin wrote:
> Boniface found himself between a rock and a hard place in
> early 1297 (the rock being the French and the hard place being the
> Italian Colonnas),
Ever since I had to present a paper in a grad school seminar on Aegidius
Colonna, his role in Boniface's dilemma has both puzzled and interested
me. The author of the article in the old *Catholic Encyclopedia* sees him
as loyal to Boniface; he cites Aegidius's (probable) authorship of *Unam
Sanctam* as evidence of his pro-Boniface/anti-Colonna stance.
But is it? Aegidius was, by all accounts, brilliant. Must we assume that
Philip the Fair's tutor really had no idea how Philip would react to *Unam
Sanctam* and what the probable (favourable) result would be for the
Colonna family? To put my puzzlement in the crassest terms, could
Aegidius in fact have been a Colonna "mole" in the papal court?
And then folks have the unmitigated gall to say that the history of the
medieval church is boring!
Regards to all,
Frank
Frank Morgret
15 Towering Hts -- #1206
St Catharines, Ontario
CANADA
L2T 3G7
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