The empty see -- Empty see governance and the papal electoral system -- The liturgy of the empty see -- Looting, charity, and liturgy -- The empty see as liminal phenomenon -- Looting the empty see : the early chronology -- Introducing spolia: the connection with the ancient -- Early spoils : historiography -- Evidence -- Right of spoil -- Looting the empty see : the Great Western Schism (1378) -- Rome 1378 : quick historiography -- Rome 1378 : background -- Rome 1378 : "Romanum volumus papam vel omnes moriemini!" -- Conclusion : more loot
Summary
Throughout the European Middle Ages, the death of high-ranking prelates was usually interwoven with violent practices. During Empty Sees, mobs ransacked bishops' and popes' properties to loot their movable goods
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-256) and index
