The English in Rome, 1362}}}1420 Portrait of an Expatriate Community [Hardcover]

A study of the English community in Rome between 1362 and 1420 in its political, commercial and religious setting.Centred on a study of the early archives of the Venerabile Collegio Inglese in Rome, this book attempts to place the English community there between 1362, when the first English hospice for poor people and pilgrims was founded, and 1420 in its political, commercial and religious setting. The book also uncovers a notable although unsuccessful attempt to forward English participation in commerce with Rome before 1420, revealing important links between the English laity in Rome and the city of London.Centred on a study of the early archives of the Venerabile Collegio Inglese in Rome, this book attempts to place the English community there between 1362, when the first English hospice for poor people and pilgrims was founded, and 1420 in its political, commercial and religious setting. The book also uncovers a notable although unsuccessful attempt to forward English participation in commerce with Rome before 1420, revealing important links between the English laity in Rome and the city of London.Centered on a study of the early archives of the Venerabile Collegio Inglese in Rome, this book attempts to place in its political, commercial and religious setting the English community that was in Rome between 1362, when the first English hospice for poor people and pilgrims was founded, and 1420. The book also uncovers a notable, although unsuccessful, attempt to forward English participation in commerce with Rome before 1420, revealing important links between the English laity in Rome and the city of London.Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The setting I: Rome in the later fourteenth century, 136276; 2. The setting II: Rome 13761420; 3. S Thomas's hospice; 4. S Chrysogonus' hospice and other enterprises; 5. The laity in Rome; 6. Women; 7. The English in the curia 13781420: I; 8. The English in the curia 13781420: II; 9. The career of John Fraunceys; 10. Adam lÃu