The Lives of the Popes, Vol. 17

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Excerpt from The Lives of the Popes, Vol. 17: In the Middle AgesSources. - As there is no extant contemporary biography of Nicholas, the best source for his life is his Register which has been published in two volumes by E. Langlois (Paris, 1905). The editor has done his work well, adding a number of most useful tables. One gives the numbers in his edition which correspond with certain of the documents analysed by Potthast. Another puts the bulls in their proper chronological order, a third gives their "incipits", and the last an index of proper names.The only thing one misses is an introduction such as Prou prefixed to his edition of the Register of Honorius IV. The first thing that strikes one in looking over the Register of Nicholas IV. is the number of indulgences which he granted to those " who had confessed their sins, were truly sorry for them", and who had paid a visit to some church on certain feast days. The indulgences varied from "forty days "to "two or three years". This Register also shows that the custom of assigning cardinal-protectors to persons and institutions was growing.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.