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Book SynopsisA 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. Topics 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. Contributors are: Sandro Carocci, Atria A. Larson, Andrew Louth, Jehangir Malegam, Andreas Meyer, Harald Müller, Thomas F.X. Noble, Francesca Pomarici, Rebecca Rist, Kirsi Salonen, Felicitas Schmieder, Keith Sisson, Danica Summerlin, and Stefan Weiß.
Trade Review“A Companion to the Medieval Papacy is rare and welcome in that it offers a book accessible to readers at an entry level yet also contains serious scholarly essays, in English, with a good bibliography where readers can continue their investigations in multiple areas and at multiple levels. […] it is worth remarking on the fact that this is a splendidly produced volume, which includes a series of good reproductions of medieval images, works of art etc., in both black-and-white and colour.” Robert Sommerville, Columbia University. In: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 69, No. 2 (April 2018), p. 385.
Table of ContentsList of Contributors List of Illustrations and Tables Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction Atria A. Larson 1 Narratives of Papal History Thomas F.X. Noble Part I: Popes and Princes, Polemic and Propaganda 2 Pro-Papacy Polemic and the Purity of the Church: The Gregorian Reform Jehangir Malegam 3 Popes as Princes? The Papal States (1000-1300) Sandro Carocci 4 Papal Imagery and Propaganda: Art, Architecture, and Liturgy Francesca Pomarici 5 Popes over Princes: Hierocratic Theory Keith Sisson Part II: Law and Judgement 6 Popes and Canon Law Atria A. Larson 7 Papal Decretals Atria A. Larson and Keith Sisson 8 Papal Councils in the High Middle Ages Danica Summerlin Part III: Administration Abroad and at Home 9 The Omnipresent Pope: Legates and Judges Delegate Harald Müller 10 The Curia: Camera Stefan Weiß 11 The Curia: Chancery Andreas Meyer 12 The Curia: The Apostolic Penitentiary Kirsi Salonen 13 The Curia: The Sacra Romana Rota Kirsi Salonen Part IV: Beyond the Latin Church 14 Relations with Constantinople Andrew Louth 15 The Medieval Papacy, Crusading, and Heresy, 1095-1291 Rebecca Rist 16 Missionary Activity Felicitas Schmieder Appendix: Chronology of Key Pontificates Keith Sisson Select Bibliography General Index Index of Legal Citations Index of Papal Letters Index of Important Texts
