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Popes and antipopes [electronic resource] : the politics of eleventh century church reform / by Mary Stroll.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stroll, Mary.
- Series:
- Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 159.
- Studies in the history of Christian traditions, 1573-5664 ; v. 159
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church history--11th century.
- Church history.
- Popes.
- Antipopes.
- Papacy--History.
- Papacy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (284 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A revolution shook the Christian world in the second half of the eleventh century. Many eminent historians point to Hildebrand, later Gregory VII (1073-1085), as the prime mover of this movement that aspired to free the Church from secular entanglements, and to return it to its state of paleochristian purity. I see the reform from the perspective of much wider developments such as the split between the Greek and the Latin Churches and the Norman infiltration of Southern Italy. Contentrating on the popes and the antipopes I delve into the character and motivations of the important personae, and do not see the movement as a smooth line of progress. I see the outcome as reversal of power of what had been a strong empire and a weak papacy.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 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
- Bibliography
- Index of Subjects.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-36616-9
- 9786613366160
- 90-04-22619-2
- OCLC:
- 774496670
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004226197 DOI
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