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A Short History of the Papacy in the Middle Ages (2nd Ed.)
Author: Ullmann Walter
Language: EnglishSubjects for A Short History of the Papacy in the Middle Ages:
Keywords
Innocent Iii; Leo III; gregory; Superb; vii; Frankish Realms; roman; Henry III; church; Imperial Government; donation; Proprietary Church System; constantine; Eugenius Iii; peters; Alexander III; basilica; Imperial Coronation; st; Contemporary Society; peter; Gregory VII; Secular Romanism; Colonna Cardinals; John XXII; Frankish Kingdom; Papal Plenitude; Celestine III; Medieval Papacy; Staufen Emperors; Conrad III; Honorius III; Otto III; Innocent II; Avignonese Papacy
Publication date: 12-2002
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 02-2016
· 12.9x19.8 cm · Hardback
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This classic text outlines the development of the Papacy as an institution in the Middle Ages. With profound knowledge, insight and sophistication, Walter Ullmann traces the course of papal history from the late Roman Empire to its eventual decline in the Renaissance.
The focus of this survey is on the institution and the idea of papacy rather than individual figures, recognizing the shaping power of the popes' roles that made them outstanding personalities. The transpersonal idea, Ullmann argues, sprang from Christianity itself and led to the Papacy as an institution sui generis.