Popes and antipopes : the politics of eleventh century church reform /

Concentrating on the popes and the antipopes, this book examines the perturbations of ecclesiastical reform from the mid-eleventh century to the reign of Gregory VII, pointing out what factors other than reform influenced the main personae. It demonstrates how a weak papacy reversed power with a str...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stroll, Mary
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
Series:Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 159.
Subjects:
1000-1099
Church history > 11th century.
Popes.
Antipopes.
Papacy > History.
Église > Histoire > 11e siècle.
Papes.
Antipapes.
Papauté > Histoire.
popes.
RELIGION > Christianity > Catholic.
Antipopes
Church history
Papacy
Popes
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Imperial authority over papal elections
  • Henry III's popes
  • Leo IX (1049-1054) : the Normans and the Byzantines
  • Victor II and Stephen IX
  • Benedict X, antipope : Romans versus reformers
  • Nicholas II (1059-1061)
  • Nicholas II : papal electoral decree and break with the regency
  • Nicholas II : the Normans and the collapse of imperial goodwill
  • The election of Alexander II (1061-1073)
  • The election of Cadalus, Honorius II
  • Conflict in Rome and the abduction of Henry IV
  • From Kaiserswerth to Mantua
  • The Council of Mantua
  • Instability following Mantua
  • Ambivalence and self interest
  • Conclusion : the state of the papacy at the end of the schism.

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