Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-400) and indexes.
Contents:
Part 2. Danica Summerlin -- Papal Councils in the High Middle Ages / Thomas F.X. Noble -- Part 1. Popes and Princes, Polemic and Propaganda. Pro-Papacy Polemic and the Purity of the Church : The Gregorian Reform / Jehangir Yezdi Malegam -- Popes as Princes? : The Papal States (1000-1300) / Sandro Carocci -- Papal Imagery and Propaganda : Art, Architecture, and Liturgy / Francesca Pomarici -- Popes over Princes : Hierocratic Theory / Keith Sisson -- Part 2. Law and Judgement. Popes and Canon Law / Atria A. Larson -- Papal Decretals / Atria A. Larson, Keith Sisson -- Papal Councils in the High Middle Ages / Danica Summerlin -- Appendix: Chronology of Key Pontificates, Events and Works / The Omnipresent Pope : Legates and Judges Delegate / Keith Sisson. The Curia : Camera / Stefan Weiss -- The Curia : The Apostolic Chancery / Andreas Meyer -- The Curia : The Apostolic Penitentiary / Kirsi Salonen -- The Curia : The Sacra Romana Rota / Kirsi Salonen -- Part 4. Beyond the Latin Church. Relations with Constantinople / Andrew Louth -- The Medieval Papacy, Crusading, and Heresy, 1095-1291 / Rebecca Rist -- Missionary Activity / Felicitas Schmieder -- Appendix: Chronology of Key Pontificates, Events and Works / Keith Sisson.
Summary:
A companion to the medieval papacy' brings together an international group of experts on various aspects of the medieval papacy. Each chapter provides an up-to-date introduction to and scholarly interpretation of topics of crucial importance to the development of the papacy?s thinking about its place in the medieval world and of its institutional structures. 0Topics covered include: the Papal States; the Gregorian Reform; papal artistic self-representation; hierocratic theory; canon law; decretals; councils; legates and judges delegate; the apostolic camera, chancery, penitentiary, and Rota; relations with Constantinople; crusades; missions. The volume includes an introductory chapter by Thomas F.X. Noble on the historiographical challenges of writing medieval papal history.
Series:
Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition ; 70
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