This book bridges Japanese and European scholarly approaches to ecclesiastical history to provide new insights into how the papacy conceptualised its authority

This volume explores papal communication and its reception in the period c.1100–1300; it presents a range of interdisciplinary approaches and original insight

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-d

An English Protestant authority on papal history examines the medieval church as an historical phenomenon to show that the growth of papal authority and its leg