Genua und die päpstliche Kurie in Avignon (1305-1378) Politische und diplomatische Beziehungen im 14. Jahrhundert

«Leonhard has drawn on a remarkable body of sources, including all of the pertinent Genoese archival materials [...] and the Vatican registers, which he subjects to a close, disciplined, and consistently well-informed reading. 'Genua und die päpstliche Kurie in Avignon' is a masterful case study on the methods and objectives of fourteenth-century diplomacy, as evinced with respect to two particularly important powers; but is more than that. In tracing Genoa's relations with the papacy, Leonhard also makes an important contribution to the historiography of fourteenth-century Italy by providing an invaluable overview of the Republic's internal history during a critical period in Italian history.» (Blake R. Beattie, sehepunkte 15.1, 2015)

«Leonhard has drawn on a remarkable body of sources, including all of the pertinent Genoese archival materials [...] and the Vatican registers, which he subjects to a close, disciplined, and consistently well-informed reading. ‘Genua und die päpstliche Kurie in Avignon’ is a masterful case study on the methods and objectives of fourteenth-century diplomacy, as evinced with respect to two particularly important powers; but is more than that. In tracing Genoa’s relations with the papacy, Leonhard also makes an important contribution to the historiography of fourteenth-century Italy by providing an invaluable overview of the Republic’s internal history during a critical period in Italian history.» (Blake R. Beattie, sehepunkte 15.1, 2015)