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Popes and Antipopes: 159
Author(s): Mary Stroll (Author)
- Publisher: BRILL
- Publication Date: 9 Dec. 2011
- Language: English
- Print length: 284 pages
- ISBN-10: 9789004217010
- ISBN-13: 9004217010
Book Description
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 strong empire.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Popes and Antipopes is less about an office than about people. Its institutional history morphs into social history. Its story really concerns reformers–not just the traditional heroes but also some who were anti-popes and imperialists and some who were morally compromised–all struggling with limited success as they tragically attempt to reshape an unjust and inharmonious world.” – John Howe, Texas Tech University, in: The Medieval Review (January 2013)
“Mary Stroll’s latest contribution to the history of the medieval papacy is a brave endeavour to illuminate the political factors the undergirded the successes and failures of the papal reform movement in the 11th century.” – Eimhin Walsh, Trinity College, Dublin, in: Reviews in History (23 February 2013)
“Mary Stroll’s latest contribution to the history of the medieval papacy is a brave endeavour to illuminate the political factors the undergirded the successes and failures of the papal reform movement in the 11th century.” – Eimhin Walsh, Trinity College, Dublin, in: Reviews in History (23 February 2013)
About the Author
Mary Stroll, PhD (1975), University of California, San Diego, is a Visiting Scholar at UCSD. She has published extensively on the relationship between the Church and the Empire in the twelfth Century. Her latest book is Calixtus II (1119-1121): A Pope Born to Rule (Brill, 2004).
