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The '''papal conclave |
The '''1304–1305 papal conclave''' was initiated after the death of [[Pope Benedict XI]] in July 1304. The [[Papal conclave|conclave]] took place in [[Perugia]], the city in which Benedict had died, and proved to be a protracted affair. It ran from 10 or 17 July 1304 to 5 June 1305, and ultimately elected the [[:Category:Non-cardinals elected pope|non-cardinal]] Raymond Bertrand de Got as [[Pope Clement V]]. At the time of his election de Got was [[Archbishop of Bordeaux]], and thus a subject of [[Edward I]], [[King of England]] (who had recently conquered [[Normandy]]), although he was a childhood friend of [[Philip IV of France]] ("the Fair").<ref name="clementvcatholic" /> Clement V's decision to relocate the papacy to France was one of the most contested issues in the [[1314–1316 papal conclave|papal conclave following his 1314 death]], during which the minority of Italian cardinals were unable to engineer the return of the papacy to Rome. This immediately preceded the beginning of the [[Avignon Papacy]]. |
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==Cardinal electors== |
==Cardinal electors== |
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In 1304, Rome was in disorder due to the ongoing conflict between the Colonna and the Orsini. As soon as Holy Week was over, Benedict XI withdrew to Perugia to escape the violence; he died in Perugia that summer, probably of dysentery. As the Curia had accompanied the Pope, the conclave was held in the city where he died.<ref>[https://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/SV1304.html Adams, John P., "July 7, 1304 — June 5, 1305", ''Sede Vacante'', CSUN]</ref> |
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Of the 19 living cardinals, only 15 were present in the conclave. Exactly 10 of these, constituting the minimum two-thirds necessary, voted for Bertrand de Got, who became Clement V. Two other cardinals, Giacomo and Pietro Colonna (uncle and nephew), had been deposed by [[Pope Boniface VIII]] and were thus ineligible to participate in the election; their cardinalates were subsequently restored by Clement V.<ref>Miranda, Salvador. 1998. "[http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/conclave-xiv.htm#1305 Papal elections of the 14th Century (1303-1394)]".</ref> |
Of the 19 living cardinals, only 15 were present in the conclave. Exactly 10 of these, constituting the minimum two-thirds necessary, voted for Bertrand de Got, who became Clement V. Two other cardinals, Giacomo and Pietro Colonna (uncle and nephew), had been deposed by [[Pope Boniface VIII]] and were thus ineligible to participate in the election; their cardinalates were subsequently restored by Clement V.<ref>Miranda, Salvador. 1998. "[http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/conclave-xiv.htm#1305 Papal elections of the 14th Century (1303-1394)]".</ref> |
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[[Image:IMG 0835 - Perugia - Piazza IV novembre - Foto G. Dall'Orto - 6 ago 2006 - 01.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Perugia Cathedral|Cathedral of S. Lorenzo in Perugia]], the city where the conclave was held]] |
[[Image:IMG 0835 - Perugia - Piazza IV novembre - Foto G. Dall'Orto - 6 ago 2006 - 01.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Perugia Cathedral|Cathedral of S. Lorenzo in Perugia]], the city where the conclave was held]] |
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The Sacred College of Cardinals was divided into two factions: pro-French and anti-French ("Bonifacians"). The smaller, pro-French party counted six cardinals under the leadership of cardinals [[Napoleone Orsini Frangipani]] and [[Niccolò Alberti]]. They looked for the reconciliation with France and Colonna. The larger party, anti-French, led by Cardinal [[Matteo Orsini Rosso]] and [[Francesco Caetani]], [[cardinal-nephew]] of [[Boniface VIII]], demanded atonement for the outrage committed on the person of Boniface VIII by French Chancellor Nogaret at Anagni, and rejected any concessions towards [[Philip IV of France]]. It counted 10 electors.<ref>G. Mollat, p. 3; K. Dopierała, p. 233. It is worth to adnote that two cardinals Orsini, in spite of their familiar relations, led the opposite factions.</ref> At the beginning of the conclave the cardinals arbitrarily decided to annul the most restrictive rules of the Constitution [[Ubi periculum]] about the conclave, which made it possible to prolong the proceedings.<ref>A. Piazzoni, p. 205</ref> During the first months of the conclave both parties voted mainly for their leaders: Matteo Orsini and Napoleone Orsini.<ref>K. Dopierała, p. 233</ref> |
The Sacred College of Cardinals was divided into two factions: pro-French and anti-French ("Bonifacians"). The smaller, pro-French party counted six cardinals under the leadership of cardinals [[Napoleone Orsini Frangipani]] and [[Niccolò Alberti]]. They looked for the reconciliation with France and Colonna. The larger party, anti-French, led by Cardinal [[Matteo Orsini Rosso]] and [[Francesco Caetani]], [[cardinal-nephew]] of [[Boniface VIII]], demanded atonement for the outrage committed on the person of Boniface VIII by French Chancellor Nogaret at Anagni, and rejected any concessions towards [[Philip IV of France]]. It counted 10 electors.<ref>G. Mollat, p. 3; K. Dopierała, p. 233. It is worth to adnote that two cardinals Orsini, in spite of their familiar relations, led the opposite factions.</ref> At the beginning of the conclave the cardinals arbitrarily decided to annul the most restrictive rules of the Constitution [[Ubi periculum]] about the conclave, which made it possible to prolong the proceedings.<ref>A. Piazzoni, p. 205</ref> During the first months of the conclave both parties voted mainly for their leaders: Matteo Orsini and Napoleone Orsini.<ref>K. Dopierała, p. 233</ref> However, the 74-year-old Matteo Orsini later fell ill, preventing him from taking an active part in the conclave. Lack of effective leadership eventually led to division in the anti-French party. Some of its members, looking for a compromise, proposed archbishop Bertrand de Got of Bordeaux. Napoleone Orsini initially was sceptical about this candidature<ref>G. Mollat, p. 3</ref> but finally he had accepted it. His opinion was decisive for the result,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11325b.htm|title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Orsini|website=www.newadvent.org|access-date=2019-06-17}}</ref> because an alliance of pro-French party with the "Bonifacian dissidents" gave exactly the required majority of two thirds. On 5 June 1305, after 11 months of deliberations, Bertrand de Got was elected to the Papacy. |
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At the time of his election de Got was [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bordeaux|Archbishop of Bordeaux]], and thus a subject of [[Edward I of England|Edward I]], [[List of English monarchs|King of England]] (who had recently conquered [[Normandy]]), although he was a childhood friend of [[Philip IV of France]] ("the Fair").<ref name="clementvcatholic"/> |
At the time of his election de Got was [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bordeaux|Archbishop of Bordeaux]], and thus a subject of [[Edward I of England|Edward I]], [[List of English monarchs|King of England]] (who had recently conquered [[Normandy]]), although he was a childhood friend of [[Philip IV of France]] ("the Fair").<ref name="clementvcatholic"/> |
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[[Image:Jean Paul Laurens Le Pape Formose et Etienne VI 1870.jpg|thumb|right|Philip IV wished to see a process similar to the [[Cadaver Synod]] initiated against the late [[Pope Boniface VIII]]; instead, Clement V made a wide array of concessions to Philip IV.]] |
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The cardinals besought de Got upon his election to join them in [[Perugia]] and thereafter to travel to [[Rome]] for his [[papal coronation]]; however, he ordered them to travel to [[Lyon]] for his coronation on |
The cardinals besought de Got upon his election to join them in [[Perugia]] and thereafter to travel to [[Rome]] for his [[papal coronation]]; however, he ordered them to travel to [[Lyon]] for his coronation on 4 November 1305, at which [[Philip IV of France]] ("the Fair") was present.<ref name="clementvcatholic"/> During the ensuing public procession a collapsing wall knocked Clement V from his horse (resulting in the loss of a [[Carbuncle (gemstone)|carbuncle]] from the [[Papal Tiara]]) and killed both the brother of Clement V and the aged [[Matteo Orsini Rosso]] (a participant in twelve conclaves).<ref name="clementvcatholic"/> The next day, another brother of Clement V was killed in a dispute between his servants and the retainers of the [[College of Cardinals]].<ref name="clementvcatholic"/> |
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Philip IV immediately demanded of Clement V that the memory of [[Pope Boniface VIII]] be condemned, that his name be stricken from the list of popes, that his bones be disinterred and burned, that his ashes be scattered to the wind, and that he be declared a heretic, blasphemer, and immoral priest.<ref name="clementvcatholic"/> Clement V delayed such an action without explicitly refusing it and in the meantime made several important concessions to Philip IV: he extended the absolution granted by Benedict XI, created nine French cardinals (a mix of [[crown-cardinal]]s and [[cardinal-nephew]]s), restored the cardinalates of Giacomo and Pietro Colonna (which had been deprived by Boniface VIII), gave Philip IV a five-year title to a variety of church property, withdrew the [[papal bull]] ''[[Clericis laicos]]'' (1296) and limited the bull ''[[Unam sanctam]]'' (1302, both of Boniface VIII), granted some church revenues to [[Charles of Valois]], pretender to the Byzantine throne, and made concessions weakening the [[Knights Templar]].<ref name="clementvcatholic"/> However, Philip IV wanted to a see a process similar to the [[Cadaver Synod]] initiated against Boniface VIII, which Clement V seemingly yielded to, setting a date of |
Philip IV immediately demanded of Clement V that the memory of [[Pope Boniface VIII]] be condemned, that his name be stricken from the list of popes, that his bones be disinterred and burned, that his ashes be scattered to the wind, and that he be declared a heretic, blasphemer, and immoral priest.<ref name="clementvcatholic"/> Clement V delayed such an action without explicitly refusing it and in the meantime made several important concessions to Philip IV: he extended the absolution granted by Benedict XI, created nine French cardinals (a mix of [[crown-cardinal]]s and [[cardinal-nephew]]s), restored the cardinalates of Giacomo and Pietro Colonna (which had been deprived by Boniface VIII), gave Philip IV a five-year title to a variety of church property, withdrew the [[papal bull]] ''[[Clericis laicos]]'' (1296) and limited the bull ''[[Unam sanctam]]'' (1302, both of Boniface VIII), granted some church revenues to [[Charles of Valois]], pretender to the Byzantine throne, and made concessions weakening the [[Knights Templar]].<ref name="clementvcatholic"/> However, Philip IV wanted to a see a process similar to the [[Cadaver Synod]] initiated against Boniface VIII, which Clement V seemingly yielded to, setting a date of 2 February 1309; however, as this process proved to be dilatory and likely favorable to the deceased pontiff, Philip IV moved to cancel it in February 1311; by the time the [[Council of Vienne]] (which ultimately sided with Boniface VIII) had been called, Philip IV demanded only that he be absolved of responsibility for the various processes against Boniface VIII, which he was.<ref name="clementvcatholic"/> |
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Between 1305 and 1309, Clement V moved from [[Bordeaux]] to [[Poitiers]] to [[Toulouse]] before taking up residence as a guest in the Dominican monastery of [[Avignon]] (at the time, a fief of [[Naples]], and part of the ''[[Comtat Venaissin]]'', a territory directly subject to the [[Holy See]] since 1228).<ref name="clementvcatholic"/> Clement V's decision to relocate the papacy to France was one of the most contested issues in the [[papal conclave, 1314–1316]] following his death, during which the minority of Italian cardinals were unable to engineer the return of the papacy to Rome. Avignon remained a territory of Naples until [[Pope Clement VI]] purchased it from [[Joan I of Naples]] for 80,000 gold [[guilder|gulden]] in 1348.<ref name="clementvcatholic"/> |
Between 1305 and 1309, Clement V moved from [[Bordeaux]] to [[Poitiers]] to [[Toulouse]] before taking up residence as a guest in the Dominican monastery of [[Avignon]] (at the time, a fief of [[Naples]], and part of the ''[[Comtat Venaissin]]'', a territory directly subject to the [[Holy See]] since 1228).<ref name="clementvcatholic"/> Clement V's decision to relocate the papacy to France was one of the most contested issues in the [[papal conclave, 1314–1316]] following his death, during which the minority of Italian cardinals were unable to engineer the return of the papacy to Rome. Avignon remained a territory of Naples until [[Pope Clement VI]] purchased it from [[Joan I of Naples]] for 80,000 gold [[guilder|gulden]] in 1348.<ref name="clementvcatholic"/> |
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*G. Mollat. 1963. ''The Popes at Avignon 1305-1378''. London. |
*G. Mollat. 1963. ''The Popes at Avignon 1305-1378''. London. |
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*{{in lang|pl}} A. Piazzoni. 2003. ''Historia wyboru papieży''. Wyd. M, Kraków |
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Papal conclave 1304–05 | |
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Dates and location | |
July 1304 – June 1305 Perugia Cathedral | |
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Dean | Giovanni Boccamazza |
Camerlengo | Teodorico Ranieri |
Protodeacon | Matteo Rosso Orsini |
Elected pope | |
Raymond Bertrand de Got Name taken: Clement V | |
The 1304–1305 papal conclave was initiated after the death of Pope Benedict XI in July 1304. The conclave took place in Perugia, the city in which Benedict had died, and proved to be a protracted affair. It ran from 10 or 17 July 1304 to 5 June 1305, and ultimately elected the non-cardinal Raymond Bertrand de Got as Pope Clement V. At the time of his election de Got was Archbishop of Bordeaux, and thus a subject of Edward I, King of England (who had recently conquered Normandy), although he was a childhood friend of Philip IV of France ("the Fair").[1] Clement V's decision to relocate the papacy to France was one of the most contested issues in the papal conclave following his 1314 death, during which the minority of Italian cardinals were unable to engineer the return of the papacy to Rome. This immediately preceded the beginning of the Avignon Papacy.
Cardinal electors
[edit]In 1304, Rome was in disorder due to the ongoing conflict between the Colonna and the Orsini. As soon as Holy Week was over, Benedict XI withdrew to Perugia to escape the violence; he died in Perugia that summer, probably of dysentery. As the Curia had accompanied the Pope, the conclave was held in the city where he died.[2]
Of the 19 living cardinals, only 15 were present in the conclave. Exactly 10 of these, constituting the minimum two-thirds necessary, voted for Bertrand de Got, who became Clement V. Two other cardinals, Giacomo and Pietro Colonna (uncle and nephew), had been deposed by Pope Boniface VIII and were thus ineligible to participate in the election; their cardinalates were subsequently restored by Clement V.[3]
Elector | Diocese | Cardinalatial order and title | Elevated | Elevator | Other ecclesiastical titles | Notes |
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Giovanni Boccamazza | Rome | Cardinal-bishop of Frascati | 1285, December 22 | Honorius IV | Dean of the College of Cardinals | nephew of Pope Honorius IV |
Teodorico Ranieri | Orvieto | Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina | 1298, December 4 | Boniface VIII | Camerlengo | |
Leonardo Patrasso | Guarcino | Cardinal-bishop of Albano | 1300, March 2 | Boniface VIII | Nephew of Boniface VIII | |
Pedro Rodríguez | Spanish | Cardinal-bishop of Sabina | 1302, December 15 | Boniface VIII | Legate in Sabina | |
Giovanni Minio da Morrovalle, O.F.M. | Marche | Cardinal-bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina | 1302, December 15 | Boniface VIII | Former minister general of the Order of Franciscans (1296-1304) | |
Niccolò Alberti, O.P. | Prato | Cardinal-bishop of Ostia e Velletri | 1303, December 18 | Benedict XI | ||
Robert de Pontigny, O.Cist. | French | Cardinal-priest of S. Pudenziana | 1294, September 18 | Celestine V | Protopriest; Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals |
Former Superior General of the Cistercian Order (1294) |
Gentile Partino, O.F.M. | Guarcino | Cardinal-priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti | 1300, March 2 | Boniface VIII | Grand penitentiary | Nephew of Boniface VIII |
Walter Winterburn, O.P. | English | Cardinal-priest of S. Sabina | 1304, February 19 | Benedict XI | ||
Napoleone Orsini Frangipani | Rome | Cardinal-deacon of S. Adriano | 1288, May 16 | Nicholas IV | Archpriest of the Liberian Basilica | Nephew of Pope Nicholas III |
Landolfo Brancaccio | Neapolitan | Cardinal-deacon of S. Angelo in Pescheria | 1294, September 18 | Celestine V | ||
Guglielmo de Longhi | Bergamo | Cardinal-deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere Tulliano | 1294, September 18 | Celestine V | Former Chancellor to Charles II of Naples | |
Francesco Napoleone Orsini | Rome | Cardinal-deacon of S. Lucia in Orthea (Silice) | 1295, December 17 | Boniface VIII | ||
Francesco Caetani | Anagni | Cardinal-deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin | 1295, December 17 | Boniface VIII | Cardinal-nephew | |
Luca Fieschi | Genoese | Cardinal-deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata | 1300, March 2 | Boniface VIII | Nephew of Adrian V and grand-nephew of Innocent IV |
Absentee cardinals
[edit]All four cardinals left early as a result of illness.
Elector | Diocese | Cardinalatial order and title | Elevated | Elevator | Other ecclesiestical titles | Notes |
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Jean Le Moine | French | Cardinal-priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro | 1294, September 18 | Celestine V | ||
Matteo Rosso Orsini | Rome | Cardinal-deacon of S. Maria in Portico | 1262, May 22 | Urban IV | Protodeacon; archpriest of the Vatican Basilica; Cardinal-protector of the Order of Franciscans |
Nephew of Pope Nicholas III |
Giacomo Gaetani Stefaneschi | Rome | Cardinal-deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro | 1295, December 17 | Boniface VIII | Nephew of Boniface VIII | |
Riccardo Petroni | Siena | Cardinal-deacon of S. Eustachio | 1298, December 4 | Boniface VIII |
Politics
[edit]The Sacred College of Cardinals was divided into two factions: pro-French and anti-French ("Bonifacians"). The smaller, pro-French party counted six cardinals under the leadership of cardinals Napoleone Orsini Frangipani and Niccolò Alberti. They looked for the reconciliation with France and Colonna. The larger party, anti-French, led by Cardinal Matteo Orsini Rosso and Francesco Caetani, cardinal-nephew of Boniface VIII, demanded atonement for the outrage committed on the person of Boniface VIII by French Chancellor Nogaret at Anagni, and rejected any concessions towards Philip IV of France. It counted 10 electors.[4] At the beginning of the conclave the cardinals arbitrarily decided to annul the most restrictive rules of the Constitution Ubi periculum about the conclave, which made it possible to prolong the proceedings.[5] During the first months of the conclave both parties voted mainly for their leaders: Matteo Orsini and Napoleone Orsini.[6] However, the 74-year-old Matteo Orsini later fell ill, preventing him from taking an active part in the conclave. Lack of effective leadership eventually led to division in the anti-French party. Some of its members, looking for a compromise, proposed archbishop Bertrand de Got of Bordeaux. Napoleone Orsini initially was sceptical about this candidature[7] but finally he had accepted it. His opinion was decisive for the result,[8] because an alliance of pro-French party with the "Bonifacian dissidents" gave exactly the required majority of two thirds. On 5 June 1305, after 11 months of deliberations, Bertrand de Got was elected to the Papacy.
At the time of his election de Got was Archbishop of Bordeaux, and thus a subject of Edward I, King of England (who had recently conquered Normandy), although he was a childhood friend of Philip IV of France ("the Fair").[1]
Sources
[edit]One eyewitness to the conclave was Florentine historian Giovanni Villani (Hist. Florent., VIII, 80, in Muratori, Rerum Italicarum Scriptores, XIII, 417; cf. Raynaldus, Caesaris Baronii Annales Ecclesiastici, 1305, 2-4).[1]
Aftermath
[edit]The cardinals besought de Got upon his election to join them in Perugia and thereafter to travel to Rome for his papal coronation; however, he ordered them to travel to Lyon for his coronation on 4 November 1305, at which Philip IV of France ("the Fair") was present.[1] During the ensuing public procession a collapsing wall knocked Clement V from his horse (resulting in the loss of a carbuncle from the Papal Tiara) and killed both the brother of Clement V and the aged Matteo Orsini Rosso (a participant in twelve conclaves).[1] The next day, another brother of Clement V was killed in a dispute between his servants and the retainers of the College of Cardinals.[1]
Philip IV immediately demanded of Clement V that the memory of Pope Boniface VIII be condemned, that his name be stricken from the list of popes, that his bones be disinterred and burned, that his ashes be scattered to the wind, and that he be declared a heretic, blasphemer, and immoral priest.[1] Clement V delayed such an action without explicitly refusing it and in the meantime made several important concessions to Philip IV: he extended the absolution granted by Benedict XI, created nine French cardinals (a mix of crown-cardinals and cardinal-nephews), restored the cardinalates of Giacomo and Pietro Colonna (which had been deprived by Boniface VIII), gave Philip IV a five-year title to a variety of church property, withdrew the papal bull Clericis laicos (1296) and limited the bull Unam sanctam (1302, both of Boniface VIII), granted some church revenues to Charles of Valois, pretender to the Byzantine throne, and made concessions weakening the Knights Templar.[1] However, Philip IV wanted to a see a process similar to the Cadaver Synod initiated against Boniface VIII, which Clement V seemingly yielded to, setting a date of 2 February 1309; however, as this process proved to be dilatory and likely favorable to the deceased pontiff, Philip IV moved to cancel it in February 1311; by the time the Council of Vienne (which ultimately sided with Boniface VIII) had been called, Philip IV demanded only that he be absolved of responsibility for the various processes against Boniface VIII, which he was.[1]
Between 1305 and 1309, Clement V moved from Bordeaux to Poitiers to Toulouse before taking up residence as a guest in the Dominican monastery of Avignon (at the time, a fief of Naples, and part of the Comtat Venaissin, a territory directly subject to the Holy See since 1228).[1] Clement V's decision to relocate the papacy to France was one of the most contested issues in the papal conclave, 1314–1316 following his death, during which the minority of Italian cardinals were unable to engineer the return of the papacy to Rome. Avignon remained a territory of Naples until Pope Clement VI purchased it from Joan I of Naples for 80,000 gold gulden in 1348.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. .
- ^ Adams, John P., "July 7, 1304 — June 5, 1305", Sede Vacante, CSUN
- ^ Miranda, Salvador. 1998. "Papal elections of the 14th Century (1303-1394)".
- ^ G. Mollat, p. 3; K. Dopierała, p. 233. It is worth to adnote that two cardinals Orsini, in spite of their familiar relations, led the opposite factions.
- ^ A. Piazzoni, p. 205
- ^ K. Dopierała, p. 233
- ^ G. Mollat, p. 3
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