Alcune osservazioni preliminari sull'altercatio pro cenobio Casinensi

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2023-09

Authors

Veneziani, Enrico (Author) FLUP

Journal

Title: Aevum - Rassegna di Scienze Storiche Linguistiche e Filologiche

Vol. 97 No. 2

Pages: 221-233

ISSN: 0001-9593

Publisher: Vita e Pensiero

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DOI: 10.26350/000193_000162

Abstract (EN): In 1130, Rome was shaken by the elections of two popes: Innocent II and Anacletus II. The double election resulted in a schism on a European scale that lasted until the death of Anacletus in 1138. The abbey of Montecassino initially placed itself among the Anacletians but changed sides in 1137. This article analyses the Altercatio pro cenobio Casinensi, a work written by Peter the Deacon, a Cassinese monk, describing the negotiations eventually leading to Montecassino’s support for Innocent. The Altercatio will prove to be an attack on Roman primacy and a defence of the libertas and autonomy of Montecassino, stressing its link with the emperor and developing an ecclesiology rivalling that produced in Rome.

Language: Italian

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific