History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages (Volume 6, No. 1)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1906. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... legate had imposed the interdict on the city. The greater number of the priests, all the Dominicans, even the majority of the Franciscans of Aracoeli, had vanished from Rome. Several churches stood empty. Many sacred relics, such as the handkerchief of Veronica, which had been conveyed to the Pantheon, were hidden. Nevertheless Lewis had, on his side, a sufficient number of clergy, even some bishops, who celebrated divine service in spite of the ban; the Minorites and other clergy were also ready to defy the Pope's order. Thus the events of the times of the fourth and fifth Henries were repeated in 1328. All adherents of the Pope trembled before Lewis's entrance as before an invasion of heretics; but the Ghibellines received him with shouts of joy in the city which the Pope obstinately refused to inhabit. 4. The People Confer The Signory On Lewis And DECIDE TO CROWN HIM EMPEROR--He TAKES THE Crown From The People In S. Peter's--CoronaTion-edicts--Castruccio, Senator -- Sudden DeParture Of Castruccio For Lucca--Ill-feeling In Rome -- Marsilius And John Of Jandunum Seek To Gain Over The People--The Emperor's Edicts Of April 14 -- The Pope Is Deposed-- Audacious Protest By Jacopo Colonna--Decree Concerning The Residence Of The Pope In Rome -- The Monk Of Corbara Raised To The Papacy As Nicholas V. The King soon made his dwelling in the palace of S. Maria Maggiore; he was free to roam the city at will, a privilege which had long been denied to any king of the Romans. He summoned a parliaCoronation ment on the Capitol on January II. In opposition ment, Jan. to the aims of the Church and from necessity, he 11,1338. appeared before the people as a candidate for the imperial crown. Unlike his predecessors on their visits to Rome, he was fettered by no vows to t...