第4章 聖職者(僧侶)の権力 n.19 - 宣伝力が経済力に変容する古典的な一例
しかし,こうしたやり方は,銀行業者たちの政治的援助を勝ち得ることはできたが,神権に対する教皇の主張に対する尊敬心をほとんど増すことはできなかった。 |
Chapter IV: Priestly Power, n.19The death of Innocent IV produced no change in papal policy. His successor Urban IV carried on the struggle, with complete success, against Frederick's son Manfred, and won the support of the still rising capitalism of Italy, wherever it was wavering, by an interesting use of his authority in matters of morals, which affords a classic example of the transformation of propaganda power into economic power. Most of the bankers, owing to their large transactions in collecting the papal revenue, were already on the side of the Pope, but in some cities, for instance Siena, Ghibelline feeling was so strong that the bankers, at first, sided with Manfred. Wherever this happened, the Pope informed the Banks' debtors that it was their Christian duty not to pay their debts, a pronouncement which the debtors readily accepted as authoritative. Siena, as a result, lost the English trade. Throughout Italy, the bankers who escaped ruin were compelled by this papal manoeuvre to become Guelphs. (note: Cf. Cambridge Medieval History, Vo1. VII, p. I82.)But such means, though they could win the political support of the bankers, could hardly increase their respect for the Pope's claims to divine authority. |
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