A Companion to the Medieval Papacy: Growth of an Ideology and Institution

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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. 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 Muller, Thomas F.X. Noble, Francesca Pomarici, Rebecca Rist, Kirsi Salonen, Felicitas Schmieder, Keith Sisson, Danica Summerlin, and Stefan Weiss." A Companion to the Medieval Papacy: Growth of an Ideology and Institution Copyright Contents Acknowledgments List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations List of Contributors Introduction 1 Narratives of Papal History Part 1: Popes and Princes, Polemic and Propaganda 2 Pro-Papacy Polemic and the Purity of the Church: The Gregorian Reform 3 Popes as Princes? The Papal States (1000–1300) 4 Papal Imagery and Propaganda: Art, Architecture, and Liturgy 5 Popes over Princes: Hierocratic Theory Part 2: Law and Judgement 6 Popes and Canon Law 7 Papal Decretals 8 Papal Councils in the High Middle Ages Part 3: Administration Abroad and at Home 9 The Omnipresent Pope: Legates and Judges Delegate 10 The Curia: Camera 11 The Curia: The Apostolic Chancery 12 The Curia: The Apostolic Penitentiary 13 The Curia: The Sacra Romana Rota Part 4: Beyond the Latin Church 14 Relations with Constantinople 15 The Medieval Papacy, Crusading, and Heresy, 1095–1291 16 Missionary Activity Appendix: Chronology of Key Pontificates, Events, and Works Select Bibliography General Index (Names of People, Places, and Councils) Index of Legal Citations, Papal Letters, and Important Texts