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This study attempts to survey the historiography, history and central interpretative problems surrounding the issue of investiture and the clashes between church and monarchy during the Middle Ages.

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"The best introduction in English to the historiography, history, and central interpretive problems of the investiture controversy." * The Catholic Historical Review *
"Blumenthal . . . not only clarifies the course of the investiture controversy as such but also sets it satisfyingly in its wider and longer context." * American Historical Review *

The Investiture Controversy

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      Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
      Publication Date: 01/04/1991
      ISBN13: 9780812213867, 978-0812213867
      ISBN10: 0812213866
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study attempts to survey the historiography, history and central interpretative problems surrounding the issue of investiture and the clashes between church and monarchy during the Middle Ages.

      Trade Review
      "The best introduction in English to the historiography, history, and central interpretive problems of the investiture controversy." * The Catholic Historical Review *
      "Blumenthal . . . not only clarifies the course of the investiture controversy as such but also sets it satisfyingly in its wider and longer context." * American Historical Review *

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