Summary Patrick Zutshi is a leading authority on the later medieval Western Church and papacy and internationally recognised as an expert in papal diplomatic and the Avignon Curia. This volume brings together essays by over twenty of Patrick's colleagues and friends, all distinguished scholars in medieval history, to celebrate his 70th birthday. The volume reflects both Patrick's wide scholarly interests, ranging from the administration of the papal curia to intellectual and legal history and the mendicant orders, and his extensive network of colleagues and collaborators in different countries, including Germany, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, Finland, Australia, USA, and UK. This collection of essays also engages with important themes in later medieval history of wide interest to university students, their teachers, and other researchers in the field, comprising: Mendicants and the Religious Life; University and Intellectual History; Bishops and Secular Clergy; and the Papal Curia between Avignon and Rome. All the essays draw on original research, reflecting Patrick's own research and editing of manuscript and archival sources. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Mendicants and the Religious Life: Michael Robson, 'Francis of Assisi, Matthew Paris and his Two Copies of the Franciscan Rule of 1223'. Frances Andrews and Louise Bourdua, 'The Notary, the Sculptor, the Friar and the Doge: Giovanni Dolfin and his Creditors in Mid-fourteenth-century Venice'. Peter Murray Jones, 'English Dominicans at Court: Confessors and Healers'. Joan Greatrex, 'Who Were the Nuns of Romsey Abbey in the First Half of the Fourteenth Century?' Michael Haren, 'The Evolution of the Defence of the Mendicant Orders against Richard FitzRalph of Bartholomew of Bolsenheim, O.P.'? II. University and Intellectual History: Rodney Thomson, 'The Manuscripts of Vacarius's Liber pauperum' Joseph Canning, 'John of Turrecremata (Torquemada), Scourge of Heretics, Defender of the Pope and Adversary of Conciliarists: Further Thoughts on his Summa de ecclesia' III. Bishops and Secular Clergy: Brenda Bolton, 'Always waiting for the Sea to cease its turmoil?': Absentees from the Fourth Lateran Council' Philippa Hoskin, 'Problems with Progressions: Learning from the Itinerary of Oliver Sutton, Bishop of Lincoln, 1280-1299' Nicholas Bennett, 'Hope or Expectation? Papal Provision of Poor Clerks in the Diocese of Lincoln, 1320-1347' IV. The Papal Curia between Avignon and Rome: Barbara Bombi, 'Legal Theory and Practice: The Proctors of St Augustine's Canterbury at the Fourteenth-century Papal Curia.' Andreas Rehberg, 'Ego in aliena patria existens: Immagini e giudizi a confronto fra i cittadini di Roma e gli ultramontani all'origine dello Scisma del 1378' Daniel Williman and Karen Corsano [with Donald Logan], 'The Honorary Chaplains of Pope Gregory XI'. Agostino Paravicini Bagliani, 'Penitentiaries and Cultural Life in the Thirteenth-century Papal Court' David d'Avray, 'Simony, Penitentiary, Conscience' Ludwig Schmugge, 'Nikolaus Theoderici de Driel - oder: Wohin eine Supplik f hren kann'. Kirsi Salonen, 'Debilis complexio: Christians and Dietary Requirements of Canon Law' Peter Clarke, 'Dispensations and Church Courts in Later Medieval England'