Author: Joseph SortainPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Hildebrand (Pope Gregory VII) and the Excommunicated Emperor
Author: Joseph SortainThe Papal Reform of the Eleventh Century
Author: Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526112663
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The eleventh-century papal reform transformed western European Church and society and permanently altered the relations of Church and State in the west. The reform was inaugurated by Pope Leo IX (1048-54) and given a controversial change of direction by Pope Gregory VII (1073-85). This book contains the earliest biographies of both popes, presented here for the first time in English translation with detailed commentaries. The biographers of Leo IX were inspired by his universally acknowledged sanctity, whereas the biographers of Gregory VII wrote to defend his reputation against the hostility generated by his reforming methods and his conflict with King Henry IV. Also included is a translation of Book to a Friend, written by Bishop Bonizo of Sutri soon after the death of Gregory VII, as well as an extract from the violently anti-Gregorian polemic of Bishop Benzo of Alba (1085) and the short biography of Leo IX composed in the papal curia in the 1090s by Bishop Bruno of Segni. These fascinating narrative sources bear witness to the startling impact of the papal reform and of the 'Investiture Contest', the conflict of empire and papacy that was one of its consequences. An essential collection of translated texts for students of medieval history.
The Investiture Controversy
Author: Uta-Renate BlumenthalPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812200160
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
"This book describes the roots of a set of ideals that effected a radical transformation of eleventh-century European society that led to the confrontation between church and monarchy known as the investiture struggle or Gregorian reform. Ideas cannot be divorced from reality, especially not in the Middle Ages. I present them, therefore, in their contemporary political, social, and cultural context."—from the Preface
Registrum
Author: Catholic Church. Pope (1073-1085 : Gregory VII)Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231096270
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
-- Robert Somerville, Columbia University
Pope Gregory VII, 1073-1085
Author: H. E. J. CowdreyPublisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 0191584592
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
The reign of Pope Gregory VII (1073-85), who gave his name to an era of Church reform, is critically important in the history of the medieval church and papacy. Thus it is surprising that this is the first comprehensive biography to appear in any language for over fifty years. H. E. J. Cowdrey presents Gregory's life and work in their entirety, tracing his career from early days as a clerk of the Roman Church, through his political negotiations, ecclesiastical governance, and final exile at Salerno. Full account is taken of his turbulent relations with King Henry IV of Germany, from his first deposition and excommunication in 1076, to the absolution at Canossa and the imposition of a second sentence in 1080. Pope Gregory was also a contemporary of William the Conqueror, and, as the author shows, fully supported his conquest of England. Gregory VII is presented as an individual whose deep inner belief in iustitia (righteousness) did not waver in the face of new circumstances, although his broad outlook underwent changes. Deeply committed to the traditions of the past and especially to those of Pope Gregory the Great, his reign prepared the way for an age of strong papal monarchy in the western Church.
On the Donation of Constantine
Author: Lorenzo VallaPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674030893
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Valla (1407-1457) was the most important theorist of the humanist movement. His most famous work is the present volume, an oration in which Valla uses new philological methods to attack the authenticity of the most important document justifying the papacy's claims to temporal rule.
The Life and Times of Hildebrand
Author: Arnold Harris MathewPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Middle Ages
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Select Historical Documents of the Middle Ages
Author: Ernest Flagg HendersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
The Use of Canon Law in Ecclesiastical Administration, 1000–1234
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004387242
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
The Use of Canon Law in Ecclesiastical Administration, 1000–1234 explores the integration of canon law within administration and society in the central Middle Ages. Grounded in the careers of ecclesiastical administrators, each essay serves as a case study that couples law with social, political or intellectual developments. Together, the essays seek to integrate the textual analysis necessary to understand the evolution and transmission of the legal tradition into the broader study of twelfth century ecclesiastical government and practice. The essays therefore both place law into the wider developments of the long twelfth century but also highlight points of continuity throughout the period. Contributors are Greta Austin, Bruce C. Brasington, Kathleen G. Cushing, Stephan Dusil, Louis I. Hamilton, Mia Münster-Swendsen, William L. North, John S. Ott, and Jason Taliadoros.
A Short History of the World
Author: Herbert George WellsPublisher: Binker North
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
A Short History of the World is a period-piece non-fictional historic work by English author H. G. Wells. The book was largely inspired by Wells's earlier 1919 work The Outline of History.