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The Republic of St. Peter : the birth of the Papal State, 680-825 / Thomas F.X. Noble.
LIBRA DG797.1 .N62 1984
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Noble, Thomas F. X.
- Series:
- Middle Ages series
- Middle Ages
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Papal States--History--To 962.
- Papal States.
- Physical Description:
- xxxix, 374 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1984]
- Summary:
- "The Republic of St. Peter" seeks to reclaim for central Italy an important part of its own history. Noble's thesis is at once original and controversial: that the Republic, an independent political entity, was in existence by the 730s and was not a creation of the Franks in the 750s.Noble examines the political, economic, and religious problems that impelled the central Italians--and a succession of resolute popes--to seek emancipation from the Byzantine Empire. He delineates the social structures and historical traditions that produced a distinctive political society, describes the complete governmental apparatus of the Republic, and provides a comprehensive assessment of the Franco-papal alliance.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages [337]-363.
- ISBN:
- 0812279174
- OCLC:
- 10100806
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