Roman and Avignonese Propaganda in the Aftermath of the Great Schism: A New Perspective on a Political Clash From Two Inedited Letters (1378-89)
This paper analyses and edits two anonymous Latin letters that help to assess the political climate in the aftermath of the Great Schism: a Devil’s letter addressed to Clement VII and a literary polished invective against Urban VI. After a brief investigation of the events that led to the out...
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This paper analyses and edits two anonymous Latin letters that help to assess the political climate in the aftermath of the Great Schism: a Devil’s letter addressed to Clement VII and a literary polished invective against Urban VI. After a brief investigation of the events that led to the outbreak of the schism, the paper compares the two letters in light of the contemporary political framework, in order to demonstrate why they qualify as propagandistic documents that present each of the two popes as a threat for Christendom and to evaluate how they exploited their literary distinctiveness to increase the strength of their political accusations. In doing so the aim is to assess the outbreak of the Schism from a viewpoint based on some distinctive strategies of political communication employed after the double election.
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| spelling | doaj.art-12a58b13823b4e378f296213627427662023-05-30T19:21:43ZdeuUniversità di Napoli Federico IIReti Medievali Rivista1593-22142023-05-0124110.6093/1593-2214/9394Roman and Avignonese Propaganda in the Aftermath of the Great Schism: A New Perspective on a Political Clash From Two Inedited Letters (1378-89)Gabriele Bonomelli0University of Kent This paper analyses and edits two anonymous Latin letters that help to assess the political climate in the aftermath of the Great Schism: a Devil’s letter addressed to Clement VII and a literary polished invective against Urban VI. After a brief investigation of the events that led to the outbreak of the schism, the paper compares the two letters in light of the contemporary political framework, in order to demonstrate why they qualify as propagandistic documents that present each of the two popes as a threat for Christendom and to evaluate how they exploited their literary distinctiveness to increase the strength of their political accusations. In doing so the aim is to assess the outbreak of the Schism from a viewpoint based on some distinctive strategies of political communication employed after the double election. http://www.serena.unina.it/index.php/rm/article/view/9394Middle Ages14th CenturyClement VIIUrban VIGreat Western SchismArs dictaminis |
| spellingShingle | Gabriele Bonomelli Roman and Avignonese Propaganda in the Aftermath of the Great Schism: A New Perspective on a Political Clash From Two Inedited Letters (1378-89) Reti Medievali Rivista Middle Ages 14th Century Clement VII Urban VI Great Western Schism Ars dictaminis |
| title | Roman and Avignonese Propaganda in the Aftermath of the Great Schism: A New Perspective on a Political Clash From Two Inedited Letters (1378-89) |
| title_full | Roman and Avignonese Propaganda in the Aftermath of the Great Schism: A New Perspective on a Political Clash From Two Inedited Letters (1378-89) |
| title_fullStr | Roman and Avignonese Propaganda in the Aftermath of the Great Schism: A New Perspective on a Political Clash From Two Inedited Letters (1378-89) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Roman and Avignonese Propaganda in the Aftermath of the Great Schism: A New Perspective on a Political Clash From Two Inedited Letters (1378-89) |
| title_short | Roman and Avignonese Propaganda in the Aftermath of the Great Schism: A New Perspective on a Political Clash From Two Inedited Letters (1378-89) |
| title_sort | roman and avignonese propaganda in the aftermath of the great schism a new perspective on a political clash from two inedited letters 1378 89 |
| topic | Middle Ages 14th Century Clement VII Urban VI Great Western Schism Ars dictaminis |
| url | http://www.serena.unina.it/index.php/rm/article/view/9394 |
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