Sans même remonter à un ensemble de travaux qui ont fait date (Vincent Tabbagh, Bruno Lemesle, Florian Mazel, Thierry Pécout…), les recherches sur le gouvernement et la sociologie de l’épiscopat mé…

The history of the cardinalate, which stretches from the 11th century to the present day, went through one of the most volatile phases of its development between the beginning of the Western Schism…