A Consilium of Fredericus and Oldradus on Super cathedram

"A Consilium of Fredericus and Oldradus on Super cathedram." This article discusses the consilium, Questiones proposite, written by two fourteenth-century jurists, Fredericus Petruccius (d.p. 1343) and Oldradus de Ponte (d.p. 1337). Quaestiones proposite defended parts of the mendicant friars' revenues against a quarter-subvention imposed originally in 1300 by Pope Boniface VIII through the constitution Super cathedram. The author argues that Fredericus's consilium was deficient and that Oldradus's was brought in to complete it. Quaestiones proposite appears in Fredericus's consilia collection bearing many traces of a true consilium. But it also appears in two different, longer forms: one in printed editions of Oldradus's consilia collection; and another in a unique manuscript, Cordoba, Catedral 40. The author analyzes the textual and doctrinal issues and argues that Oldradus revised the original consilium in two stages for classroom use. Contrary to papal policy and the judgment of some more illustrious colleagues, Oldradus's revisions attempted to shield the friars' revenues from the quarter-subvention.